Abstract: A good modeling method for Multi-Agent System(MAS) is one of the necessary conditions for large-scale development and application of MAS. Nested Petri nets (NP-nets) as modeling tools are applied to Java Agent Development Framework(JADE), and a relationship of contrast between NP-nets and MAS which is based on object oriented programming is established. It not only can effectively restrict the scale of state space by using hierarchical structure, but also can overcome the tremendous difficulties of the structure evolution of Petri nets by nesting net token within others.

Key words: Multi-Agent System(MAS), Nested Petri nets(NP-nets), modeling

摘要： 良好的形式化建模方法是大规模开发和应用多Agent系统(MAS)的必要条件之一，使用多层的嵌套网对JADE进行层次化建模，给出面向对象的MAS与NP-nets之间的对照关系。指出通过引入层次结构，不仅能有效地控制状态空间的规模，而且能通过网托肯的嵌套方式克服Petri网结构演化的困难。

关键词: 多Agent系统, 嵌套网, 建模

CLC Number: 

• TP393