Second IEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems (WSTFEUS'04)
Methodology for Analysis and Design of Systems
Vienna, Austria
May 11-May 12
ISBN: 0-7695-2123-1
In this article is presented a formal methodology to develop software solutions based on agents. The proposed methodology is based on Beliefs-Intentions agent architecture and uses the temporal logic alphabet and axioms to model the system. The methodology details explicitly the multi-agent construction phases from the specification to the verification. Contributions of this article are: first, propose an analysis and design methodology, which use interaction as support for developing distributed complex application. Second, propose a formal Object language in order to specify in a natural and comprehensive way the multi-agent characteristics and properties, and also validate this specification.