@incollection{fdi:010071849,
  title = {{D}escription formalisms in agent models},
  author = {{B}ouquet, {F}. and {S}heeren, {D}. and {B}ecu, {N}. and {G}audou, {B}. and {L}ang, {C}. and {M}arilleau, {N}icolas and {M}onteil, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his chapter will aim to present good practice in, and the benefits of, formalization in modeling multiagent systems ({MAS}). {T}o achieve this, the authors will first reiterate the usefulness of modeling systems, while placing the paradigms associated with a multiagent approach in context. {T}hen, they will argue that the use of graphic modeling languages enhances the exchanges between the parties involved in the design of an {MAS}. {F}ollowing this, two types of graphic models based on the same semantic base are presented: {U}nified {M}odeling {L}anguage ({UML}) and {A}gent {M}odeling {L}anguage ({AML}). {T}he first graphic model is intended for general use and facilitates its users to analyze the ontology and dynamics of the modeled system. {T}he second graphic model uses paradigms specific to agents and facilitates its users to create a design which is closer to the {MAS} which will be produced. {A}fter having discussed the relative merits of each of these graphic model types and presented some possible extensions, the chapter discusses the utility of, and a method for, documenting a multiagent model. {I}n order to do this, the {O}verview, {D}esign concepts, {D}etails ({ODD}) protocol, which guides the modeler in the creation of a documentation of the objectives, constitutive elements and specific properties of the model, is presented.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {{A}gent-based spatial simulation with {N}et{L}ogo : volume 1 : introduction and bases},
  numero = {},
  pages = {29--73},
  address = {{L}ondres ({GBR}) ; {K}idlington},
  publisher = {{ISTE} ; {E}lsevier},
  series = {},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/{B}978-1-78548-055-3.50002-2},
  ISBN = {978-1-78548-055-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071849},
}