Borhen Marzougui^*, Khaled Hassine, Kamel Barkaoui

Abstract: In this paper, we present a new formalism for Modeling Multi Agent Systems (MAS). Our model based a PN is able to describe not only not the internal state of each agent modeled but also its behavior. Owing to these features, one can model naturally the dynamic behavior of complex systems and the communication between these entities. For this, we propose mathematical definitions attached to firing transitions. To validate our contribution, we will deal with real examples.

Keywords: Multi Agent Systems, Method, Agent Petri Nets, Formalism

Cite this paper: nullB. Marzougui, K. Hassine and K. Barkaoui, "A New Formalism for Modeling a Multi Agent Systems: Agent Petri Nets," Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 3 No. 12, 2010, pp. 1118-1124. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2010.312130.

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