Separation and Modularization of Design Patterns- Specific Concerns in Detailed Architectural Design
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In this paper we outline an aspect-oriented approach to support separation and modularization of crosscutting concerns in multi-agent systems. Aspects are used as abstractions to capture social patterns as concerns that crosscut software agents in multi-agent systems, whose separation and modularization are not taken into account in current agent-oriented software engineering. Social patterns are described using a template and UML-based diagrams to represent the pattern’s structure and behaviour in an aspect-oriented context.
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