Towards multi-agent models of domain-specific languages

Framework for the appropriate development of domain-specific languages (DSL) is expected to provide conceptually clear tools for DSL modeling and implementation. Multi-agent systems are proposing a new design concept for software - the kenetic program design - based on the concepts of interactions and agents. On the basis of this conceptual view, the interactive attributed automata are considered as a potential framework for DSL development. Attributed automaton is a state transition machine introduced for knowledge structuring and conceptual specification on the basis of regular attributed structures. Distributed memory of an attributed automaton supports the decomposition of computational problems into a network of information nodes with attached communication and computation actions. Compositions of Attributed Automata (AA) serve as a structuring tool of AA as complex computational agents. Basic techniques of interactive AA are implemented in a development environment prototype.