An approach for Multi-Agent metamodelling

Abstract

Developing Multi-Agent Systems encounter nowadays a real challenge. Aside the difficulty and the high-level characteristics of used concepts, guidelines must be provided to designers. These guidelines can consist on a conceptual framework providing a modelling language and a methodology that help on developing real Multi-Agent Systems. Realising such framework requires applying metamodelling approach. Actually, this approach was successfully applied in object oriented approach. By adopting MOF meta-metamodel and UML metamodel, developers use the same conceptual framework that provides UML notation and RUP methodology. This paper addresses metamodeling issues on multi-agent approach. According to Multi-Agent Systems characteristics, a generic metamodel describing the main used multi-agent concepts is provided. This metamodel is evolvable and adaptable to designers needs using transformation patterns.