Title :
On the design of agent-based systems using UML and extensions
Author :
Dinsoreanu, Mihaela ; Salomie, Ioan ; Pusztai, Kalman
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Abstract :
The Unified Software Development Process (USDP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) have been now generally accepted as the standard methodology and modeling language for developing object-oriented systems. Although agent-based systems introduce new issues, we consider that USDP and UML can be used in an extended manner for modeling agent-based systems. We present a methodology for designing agent-based systems and the specific models expressed in the UML-based notation corresponding to each phase of the software development process. UML was extended using the provided mechanism: stereotypes. Therefore, this approach can be managed with any CASE tool supporting UML. A case study, the development of a specific agent-based student assessment system (SAS), is presented.
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; formal specification; intelligent tutoring systems; object-oriented programming; software agents; software tools; specification languages; CASE tool; UML; Unified Modeling Language; Unified Software Development Process; Web-based distance education; agent-based student assessment system; agent-based systems design; intelligent tutor; notation; object-oriented systems; stereotypes; Computer aided software engineering; Design methodology; Kalman filters; Object oriented modeling; Programming; Software engineering; Software standards; Standards development; Synthetic aperture sonar; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces, 2002. ITI 2002. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
953-96769-5-9
DOI :
10.1109/ITI.2002.1024675
