International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science (IJITCS)
IJITCS Vol. 11, No. 6, 8 Jun. 2019
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Towards a Meta-Modeling and Verification Approach of Multi-Agent Systems Based on the Agent Petri Net Formalism
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Author(s)
Amel Dembri
1,*
Mohammed Redjimi
1
Index Terms
Agent Petri Nets, Model Driven Architecture, Eclipse Modeling Framework, Graphical Modeling Framework, Metamodeling, Object Constraints Language
Abstract
The Agent Petri Nets (APN) formalism provides a set of adapted and specific tools, relations and functions for modeling multi-agent systems (MAS). However, there is a lack of tools for verifying the APN models. In order to fill some of these gaps, we propose in this paper, a meta-modeling approach based on the Model Driven Architecture (MDA). The Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) permits to define a generic APN Meta-model in Ecore informal format. Its abstraction level is very high, it offers as a basis for developing system models dedicated to various specific domains. In addition, the Object Constraint Language (OCL) aims to increase the structural verification level of the model and the Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF), for its part, is concerned with generating a graphical editor associated with the APN meta-model. Thus, we combine the rigor of APN formalism with the power of the MDA-based meta-modeling tools for verifying APN models.
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Amel Dembri, Mohammed Redjimi, "Towards a Meta-Modeling and Verification Approach of Multi-Agent Systems Based on the Agent Petri Net Formalism", International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), Vol.11, No.6, pp.50-62, 2019. DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2019.06.06
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