Cooperative Agent Model Within ADELFE Framework: An Application to a Timetabling Problem

Gauthier Picard (1) , Carole Bernon (1, 2) , Marie-Pierre Gleizes (1)

1 IRIT-SMAC - Systèmes Multi-Agents Coopératifs
2 UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

ADELFE methodology is dedicated to applications characterized by openness and the need of the system adaptation to an environment. These applications are designed by using the AMAS theory [2]. Self-organization is founded on the capacity an agent possesses to be locally “cooperative”, i.e. it is able to recognize cooperation failures called “Non Cooperative Situations” (NCS, which could be related to exceptions in classical programs) and to treat them. It is based on the RUP process and follows its main phases: preliminary requirements, final requirements, analysis and design, and uses UML and AUML notations. The methodology is provided with OpenTool, released by TNI-Valiosys (www.tni-valiosys.com), which already supports the UML notation and that was extended to support also the AUML one.

Domaines: Système multi-agents [cs.MA]; Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

Gauthier Picard, Carole Bernon, Marie-Pierre Gleizes. Cooperative Agent Model Within ADELFE Framework: An Application to a Timetabling Problem. 3rd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2004), 2004, New York, NY, United States. pp.1506-1507, ⟨10.1109/AAMAS.2004.93⟩. ⟨hal-01205632⟩