Using and Extending the SPEM Specifications to Represent Agent Oriented Methodologies

Valeria Seidita, Massimo Cossentino, Salvatore Gaglio

Michael Luck, Jorge J. Gòmez-Sanz (eds.)

Agent-Oriented Software Engineering IX. 9th International Workshop, AOSE 2008. Estoril, Portugal, May 12-13, 2008. Revised Selected Papers, pages 46-59

Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5386

Springer, Estoril, Portugal

2009

Situational Method Engineering used for constructing ad-hoc agent oriented design processes is grounded on a well defined set of phases that are principally based on reuse of components coming from existing agent design processes; these components have to be stored in a repository. The identification and extraction of these components could take large advantages from the existence of a standardized representation of the design processes they come from. In this paper we illustrate our solution based on SPEM 2.0 specifications for modelling agent design processes and extending them when necessary to meet the specific needs we faced in our experiments.

journal or series

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

funding project

MEnSA — Methodologies for the Engineering of complex Software systems: Agent-based approach (01/03/2007–28/02/2009)