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Agent Oriented Software Engineering

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Issues in Multi-Agent Systems

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Research in Agent Oriented Software Engineering involves the integration of different disciplines, from software engineering to artificial intelligence. To demonstrate the breadth of the field, this chapter discusses a number of the research issues involved. The issues range from the definition of a framework for evaluation of agent-oriented methodologies to the integration of other software engineering practices such as the use of software components or the Model Driven Engineering approach. The works discussed involve various activities of the software life cycle: test, verification and validation of multi-agent systems, the application of multi-agent systems for software maintenance and practical multi-agent systems proposals for specific domains, such as the development of multi-agent systems applying the System Product Lines philosophy and the definition of a method based on agent-oriented methodologies for the development of Holonic Manufacturing Systems.

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Cuesta, P., Gómez, A., González, J.C. (2007). Agent Oriented Software Engineering. In: Moreno, A., Pavón, J. (eds) Issues in Multi-Agent Systems. Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8543-9_1

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