Lin Padgham
John Thangarajah
Michael Winikoff
ABSTRACT
Prometheus is an agent-oriented software engineering methodology. The Prometheus Design Tool (PDT) is a software tool that supports a designer who is using the Prometheus methodology. PDT has recently been extended with two significant new features: support for Agent UML interaction protocols, and code generation.
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Index Terms
- AUML protocols and code generation in the Prometheus design tool
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