Author:
Zoheir Ezziane
Affiliation:
College of Information Technology, Dubai University College, United Arab Emirates
Keyword(s):
Object-process methodology, Agent design.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Web Information Agents
Abstract:
As computer systems become ever more complex, we need more powerful abstractions and metaphors to explain their operations. System development shows that designing and building agent systems is a difficult task, which is associated with building traditional distributed, concurrent systems. Understanding natural, artificial, and social systems requires a well-founded, yet intuitive methodology that is capable of modeling these complexities in a coherent, straightforward manner. Object-Process Methodology (OPM) is a system development and specification approach that combines the major system aspects (function, structure, and behavior), into an integrated single model. This paper will provide a paradigm for designing agent systems using the object-process methodology. It aims to identify design concepts, and to indicate how they interact with each other.