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In the context of multi-agent systems, a general aim is the inter-operability of agents. One problem remaining unsolved is the control of processes between agents. The need for workflow technology to support business processes on the level of agents becomes obvious. We provide concepts for distributed WFMS where the distribution is realised within the architecture. Given the formal background of Petri nets, this work is innovative regarding the interplay of agent and workflow technologies.

In this paper we propose to use a coarse system overview from the beginning of the analysis stage to better support the development team of multiagent systems in finding an architectural approach direction to the envisioned system. For this we propose to transfer the syntax of use cases modeling to the analysis / architectural design stage of designing preliminary roles and interactions. The reasons to use this is that modeling with use case syntax is lightweight, intuitive and well-known to most developers. We also present a plugin for RE-NEW which is capable of drawing use cases and generating code structures for multi-agent applications in the context of MULAN.

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