Title :
A methodology for the protocol-centered design of agent-based systems
Author :
Bhatt, P.C.P. ; Mueller, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Inf. Syst. Eng., Kochi Univ. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Presents a methodology for the protocol-centered design of agent-based systems. Agents are understood as concurrently interacting autonomous, proactive objects in a distributed environment. The introduced methodology is diagram based and focuses on the initial phase of specifying and exploring communication protocols between agents. It is based on the derivation of protocols from actors and their events. We additionally provide design rules and conventions for the seamless transition of the specification to an implementation. The concepts are presented through an example from computer integrated manufacturing which gives the specification of autonomous, automated guided vehicles moving parts between manufacturing workstations
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; computer integrated manufacturing; multi-agent systems; object-oriented methods; protocols; AGVs; agent-based systems; automated guided vehicles; computer integrated manufacturing; concurrently interacting autonomous proactive objects; design rules; distributed environment; implementation; manufacturing workstations; protocol-centered design; specification; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Design methodology; Information systems; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing systems; Object oriented modeling; Protocols; Unified modeling language; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2000. IECON 2000. 26th Annual Confjerence of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6456-2
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2000.972310
