Modelling cooperative multi-agent systems

Abstract

Cooperative computing is becoming inevitable with the emerging of service-oriented computing and GRID becoming a ubiquitous computing resource. It is widely recognized that agent technology can be employed to construct cooperative systems due to agents' autonomous and collaborative characteristics. We devise an agent-oriented modelling language called CAMLE for the analysis and design of MAS (Multi-Agent Systems). This paper presents the collaboration model that captures communication between agents. The structure of the collaboration model and the notation of collaboration diagrams are presented. Uses of the modelling language are illustrated by examples. © Springer-Verlag 2004.