Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs

Simon Polovina; Richard Hill

doi:10.1007/11524564_30

Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs

Simon Polovina, Richard Hill

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

A key purpose of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) is to assist humans make better decisions given the vast and disparate information that global systems such as the Web have enabled. The resulting popularity of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) thus demands a methodology that facilitates the development of robust, scalable MAS implementations that recognise real-world semantics. Using an exemplar in the Community Healthcare domain and Conceptual Graphs (CG), we describe an AOSE approach that elicits the hitherto hidden requirements of a system much earlier in the software development lifecycle, whilst also incorporating modelchecking to ensure robustness. The resulting output is then available for translation into Agent Oriented Unified Modelling Language (AUML) and further developed using the agent development toolkit of choice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conceptual Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge
Subtitle of host publication	13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2005, Kassel, Germany, July 2005 Proceedings
Editors	Frithjof Dau, Marie-Laure Mugnier, Gerd Stumme
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	439-452
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783540318859
ISBN (Print)	9783540277835
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11524564_30
Publication status	Published - 22 Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures - Kassel, Germany Duration: 17 Jul 2005 → 22 Jul 2005 Conference number: 13

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	3596 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures
Abbreviated title	ICCS 2005
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kassel
Period	17/07/05 → 22/07/05

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Polovina, S., & Hill, R. (2005). Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs. In F. Dau, M-L. Mugnier, & G. Stumme (Eds.), Conceptual Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge: 13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2005, Kassel, Germany, July 2005 Proceedings (pp. 439-452). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3596 LNAI). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11524564_30

Polovina, Simon ; Hill, Richard. / Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs. Conceptual Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge: 13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2005, Kassel, Germany, July 2005 Proceedings. editor / Frithjof Dau ; Marie-Laure Mugnier ; Gerd Stumme. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. pp. 439-452 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Polovina, S & Hill, R 2005, Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs. in F Dau, M-L Mugnier & G Stumme (eds), Conceptual Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge: 13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2005, Kassel, Germany, July 2005 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 3596 LNAI, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 439-452, 13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, 17/07/05. https://doi.org/10.1007/11524564_30

Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs. / Polovina, Simon; Hill, Richard.

Conceptual Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge: 13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2005, Kassel, Germany, July 2005 Proceedings. ed. / Frithjof Dau; Marie-Laure Mugnier; Gerd Stumme. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. p. 439-452 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3596 LNAI).

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Polovina S, Hill R. Enhancing the Initial Requirements Capture of Multi-Agent Systems Through Conceptual Graphs. In Dau F, Mugnier M-L, Stumme G, editors, Conceptual Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge: 13th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2005, Kassel, Germany, July 2005 Proceedings. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2005. p. 439-452. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/11524564_30

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