A Domain-specific Modeling Language for Belief-Desire-Intention Software Agents

What is it about?

In this paper, a domain-specific modeling language (DSML), called DSML4BDI, is introduced to support development of BDI agents. The syntax of the language provides the design of agent components required for the construction of the system according to the specifications of BDI architecture. The implementation of designed MAS on Jason BDI platform is also possible via model-to-text transformations built in the DSML.

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Why is it important?

The comparative evaluation results showed that a significant amount of artifacts required for the exact MAS implementation can be automatically achieved by employing DSML4BDI. Moreover, time needed for developing a BDI agent system from scratch can be reduced to one-third in case of using DSML4BDI. Finally, qualitative assessment, based on the developers’ feedback, exposed how DSML4BDI facilitates development of BDI agents.