The Comomas Approach : from Conceptual Models to Executable Code

This paper proposes an approach for the development of multi-agent architectures based on a conceptual model set which is implementation independent. We propose an extension of the CommonKADS methodology to multi-agent systems; run-time aspects are taken into consideration , in particular, the structuring of problem-solving knowledge at a conceptual level guarantees exibility and modularity and an execution level. The construction of agent models is a compositional process based on the CommonKADS-close conceptual models resulting from ve analysis steps. Inference structures have appeared to be a useful means to guide the implementation of our competence-encapsulating agent model. In fact, we use them to identify procedures from a program library during implementation.