A Comparative Evaluation of Agent-Oriented Methodologies

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Arnon Sturm, Onn Shehory
Federico Bergenti, Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Franco Zambonelli (eds.)
Methodologies and Software Engineering for Agent Systems: The Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Handbook, chapter 7, pages 127–149
Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations 11
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA
June 2004

Multiple agent-oriented methodologies were introduced in recent years, however no systematic evaluation of these was offered. In this work we perform a comparative evaluation of three well-known agent-oriented methodologies: Gaia, Tropos, and MaSE. To perform this evaluation we use an existing framework that focuses on four major facets of a methodology: concepts and properties, notations and modeling techniques, development process, and pragmatics. Analyzing the results of our evaluation, we recognize several facets that need further improvements within the existing agent-oriented methodologies. Our study does not attempt to state what the right methodology is. Rather, it examines existing agent-oriented methodologies.

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Publication_icon.svg Methodologies and Software Engineering for Agent Systems (edited volume, 2004) — Federico Bergenti, Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Franco Zambonelli