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Agent-oriented software engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2006

CAROLE BERNON ,
MASSIMO COSSENTINO  and
JUAN PAVÓN
CAROLE BERNON
Affiliation:
IRIT—University Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France; e-mail: [email protected]
MASSIMO COSSENTINO
Affiliation:
Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni—Italian National Research Council, Viale delle Scienze, ed. 11. 90128 Palermo, Italy; e-mail: [email protected]
JUAN PAVÓN
Affiliation:
Facultad de Informática, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Considering the great number of agent-oriented methodologies that can be found in the literature, and the fact that each one defines its own concepts and system structure, one of the main challenges in agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) research is how to make these methodologies interoperable. By defining concepts used in a specific domain in a non-ambiguous way, meta-modelling may represent a step towards such interoperability. Consequently the main objective of the AOSE TFG (Technical Forum Group) is to establish a strategy for identifying a common meta-model that could be widely adopted by the AOSE community. This paper sums up the approach used by this TFG which consists of (i) studying and comparing the meta-models related to some existing methodologies (ADELFE, Gaia, INGENIAS, PASSI, RICA and Tropos) in order to find commonalities and (ii) giving a clear and basic definition for the core concepts used in multi-agent systems for relating and positioning them in a unified MAS meta-model. The first proposal, set up by the working group, for this unified meta-model then concludes this paper.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 99 - 116
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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