Process models for agent-based development

Cernuzzi, Luca; Cossentino, Massimo; Zambonelli, Franco

doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2004.11.015

Cited by 70 publications

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“…An example of these proposals is Tropos [8], an agent-oriented software development methodology. The contribution of Tropos at the requirements stage and in agent-oriented design has been acknowledged by different comparative studies [21][22][23]. Also relevant is URN [24], an i* variation which has been added as part of the industrial Telecommunications Standard Z.151 [25] for systems specification.…”

Section: The I* Framework and Its Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards interoperability of i* models using iStarML

Cares

Franch

Perini

et al. 2011

Computer Standards & Interfaces

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Goal-oriented and agent-oriented modelling provides an effective approach to the understanding of distributed information systems that need to operate in open, heterogeneous and evolving environments. Frameworks, firstly introduced more than ten years ago, have been extended along language variants, analysis methods and CASE tools, posing language semantics and tool interoperability issues. Among them, the i* framework is one the most widespread. We focus on i*-based modelling languages and tools and on the problem of supporting model exchange between them. In this paper, we introduce the i* interoperability problem and derive an XML interchange format, called iStarML, as a practical solution to this problem. We first discuss the main requirements for its definition, then we characterise the core concepts of i* and we detail the tags and options of the interchange format. We complete the presentation of iStarML showing some possible applications. Finally, a survey on the i* community perception about iStarML is included for assessment purposes.

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Section: The I* Framework and Its Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards interoperability of i* models using iStarML

Cares

Franch

Perini

et al. 2011

Computer Standards & Interfaces

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“…Accordingly, even if these methodologies may "win" over Gaia for other aspects (cfr. [5]), they inherently introduce more problems in dealing with adaptive changes in MAS.…”

Section: Related Aose Approachesmentioning

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Adaptable Multi-Agent Systems: The Case of the Gaia Methodology

Cernuzzi

Molesini

Omicini

et al. 2011

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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Changes and adaptations are always necessary after the deployment of a multi-agent system (MAS), as well as of any other type of software systems. Some of these changes may be simply perfective and have local impact only. However, adaptive changes to meet new situations in the operational environment of the MAS may impact globally on the overall design. More specifically, those changes usually affect the organizational structure of the MAS. In this paper we analyze the issue of design change/adaptation in a MAS organization, and the specific problem of how to properly model/design a MAS so as to make it ready to adaptation. Special attention is paid to the Gaia methodology, whose suitability in dealing with adaptable MAS organizations is discussed also with the help of an illustrative application example.

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“…According to some studies it seems that the process life-cycle is not affected by the adoption of the agent paradigm and therefore classical life-cycles (waterfall, spiral, iterative/incremental, etc.) can be used for designing agents too [9].…”

Section: Process Analysismentioning

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The Metamodel: A Starting Point for Design Processes Construction

Seidita

Cossentino

Hilaire³

et al. 2010

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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The construction of ad-hoc design processes following the Situational Method Engineering (SME) paradigm is currently carried out by adopting a set of phases for which, until now, no well defined techniques and guidelines have been established. The consequence is that organizations are very dependent on method designers' skills. In this paper, we propose an approach based on SME for constructing customized agent oriented design processes. Our approach adopts the metamodel as the most important factor leading to the selection and assembly of method fragments and an algorithm for establishing the instantiation order of metamodel elements. The algorithm makes the proposed approach repeatable and usable even by not very skilled personnel thus proposing an improvement to the actual situation. The proposed approach and the algorithm are also experimented through the construction of a design process (ASPECS) for developing dynamic hierarchical societies of agents. The approach we created is general enough to be applied in other development contexts (not only agent-oriented).

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Process models for agent-based development

Cited by 70 publications

References 38 publications

Towards interoperability of i* models using iStarML

Towards interoperability of i* models using iStarML

Adaptable Multi-Agent Systems: The Case of the Gaia Methodology

The Metamodel: A Starting Point for Design Processes Construction

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