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

✍ Scribed by Luciano R. Coutinho, Anarosa A. F. Brandão, Jaime S. Sichman, Olivier Boissier (auth.), Michael Luck, Jorge J. Gomez-Sanz (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 300
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5386 : Programming and Software Engineering
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Software architectures that contain many dynamically interacting components, each with its own thread of control, engaging in complex coordination protocols, are difficult to correctly and efficiently engineer. Agent-oriented modelling techniques are important for the design and development of such applications. This book provides a diverse and interesting overview of the work that is currently being undertaken by a growing number of researchers in the area of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering. The papers represent a state-of-the-art report of current research in this field, which is of critical importance in facilitating industry take-up of powerful agent technologies.

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, AOSE 2008, held in Estoril, Portugal, in May 2008 as part of AAMAS 2008. The 20 revised full papers were carefully selected from 50 initial submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers have been organized into four sections on: multi-agent organizations, method engineering and software development processes, testing and debugging, as well as tools and case studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages -
Model-Driven Integration of Organizational Models....Pages 1-15
MAS Modeling Based on Organizations....Pages 16-30
A Systemic Approach to the Validation of Self–Organizing Dynamics within MAS....Pages 31-45
Using and Extending the SPEM Specifications to Represent Agent Oriented Methodologies....Pages 46-59
Definition of Process Models for Agent-Based Development....Pages 60-73
Methodology Fragments Definition in SPEM for Designing Adaptive Methodology: A First Step....Pages 74-85
A MAS Metamodel-Driven Approach to Process Fragments Selection....Pages 86-100
An Evaluation Framework for MAS Modeling Languages Based on Metamodel Metrics....Pages 101-115
A Unified Graphical Notation for AOSE....Pages 116-130
Prometheus and INGENIAS Agent Methodologies: A Complementary Approach....Pages 131-144
The Formal Semantics of the Domain Specific Modeling Language for Multiagent Systems....Pages 145-158
Evaluating an Agent-Oriented Approach for Change Propagation....Pages 159-172
Goal-Oriented Agent Testing Revisited....Pages 173-186
Experimental Evaluation of Ontology-Based Test Generation for Multi-agent Systems....Pages 187-198
Testing and Debugging of MAS Interactions with INGENIAS....Pages 199-212
PASSI Methodology in the Design of Software Framework: A Study Case of the Passenger Transportation Enterprise....Pages 213-227
Developing and Evolving a Multi-agent System Product Line: An Exploratory Study....Pages 228-242
Combining JADE and Repast for the Complex Simulation of Enterprise Value-Adding Networks....Pages 243-256
OperA and Brahms: A Symphony?....Pages 257-271
Support for Analysis, Design, and Implementation Stages with MASDK....Pages 272-287
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Software Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Logics and Meanings of Programs; Programming Techniques; Computer Communication Networks; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters