Title :
Conceptual Flow-Based Modeling of Agents
Author :
Al-Fedaghi, Sabah
Author_Institution :
Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait
Abstract :
Agent-based systems have emerged as an important next-generation automation paradigm. One of the aims of agent-oriented research is to simplify agent design by introducing a conceptual abstraction layer for interacting agents. This paper provides a new multilevel conceptual foundation for modeling of agents, their relationships, and their interactions based on BDI concepts. The methodology utilizes a flow model of five stages. It incorporates all BDI aspects by assigning agents to information/beliefs, goals, plans, and actions spheres.
Keywords :
belief maintenance; multi-agent systems; BDI concept; agent-based system; belief-desire-intention concept; conceptual flow-based modeling; multilevel conceptual foundation; Automation; Communication system control; Flexible manufacturing systems; Flowcharts; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Petri nets; Standardization; Transportation; Unified modeling language; BDI; actions; agent; conceptual modeling; goals; plans;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Systems, 2009. GCIS '09. WRI Global Congress on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3571-5
DOI :
10.1109/GCIS.2009.30
