APN Model for Specification of the Communication Protocols in Multi-Agent System

Marzougui Borhen, Kamel Barkaoui, NejibBen Hadj Alouane

Emirates College of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Nationnal des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.
OASIS, National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia..

DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2013.69A002                

Abstract

This paper deals with the proposal of a new model based on Agent Petri Nets (APN) to specify interactions among agents in Multi Agents System (MAS). Indeed, an agent approach requires a powerful and expressive formalism that allows him to model the behavior of a set of agents that interact. We are modeling some variants of FIPA standard protocols. Our Models are found based on communicating cognitive agents. Each Agent is capable of perceiving their environment partly and building, sending and receiving messages.

Keywords

Model; AP; MAS; formalism; Interact; FIFA; Protocols

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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