A Case for New Directions in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

• Published in: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering XI pp. 37 - 61
• Main Authors: Nunes, Ingrid, Cowan, Donald, Cirilo, Elder, de Lucena, Carlos J. P.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: agent-oriented software engineering; multi-agent systems; software architectures; software product lines; software reuse

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...