A Case for New Directions in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

The state-of-the-art of Agent-oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) is insufficiently reflected in the state-of-practice in developing complex distributed systems. This paper discusses software engineering (SE) areas that have not been widely addressed in the context of AOSE, leading to a lack of mec...

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Published inAgent-Oriented Software Engineering XI pp. 37 - 61
Main Authors Nunes, Ingrid, Cowan, Donald, Cirilo, Elder, de Lucena, Carlos J. P.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
agent-oriented software engineering
multi-agent systems
software architectures
software product lines
software reuse
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Summary:The state-of-the-art of Agent-oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) is insufficiently reflected in the state-of-practice in developing complex distributed systems. This paper discusses software engineering (SE) areas that have not been widely addressed in the context of AOSE, leading to a lack of mechanisms that support the development of Multiagent Systems (MASs) based on traditional SE principles, such as modularity, reusability and maintainability. This discussion is based on an exploratory study of the development of a family of buyer agents following the belief-desire-intention model and using a Software Product Line architecture. Based on the discussion presented in this paper, we hope to encourage the AOSE community to address particular SE issues on the development of MAS that have not yet been (widely) considered.
ISBN:3642226353
9783642226359
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-22636-6_3