Towards the Consolidation of a Diagramming Suite for Agent-Oriented Modelling Languages

Box 1

Example agent descriptor in Prometheus format.

Name: Travel agent

Description: Arranges holiday for holidaymaker client

Cardinality: One per holidaymaker client

Lifetime: Duration of interaction with Holidaymaker

Initialization: Reads Customer database, receives messages from Holidaymaker

Demise: Closes open database connections

Functionalities included: Obtaining wholesale product, supplying packaged holiday to holidaymaker

Uses data: Customer database, Holiday information database

Produces data: Recommendation to holidaymaker client

Goals: Respond to queries; obtain best deal for wholesaler; package wholesale products for client

Percepts responded to: Logon by holidaymaker

Actions: Advice of cost; Send receipt

Protocols and interactions: Holiday booking protocol, Wholesale holiday purchase