Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
434028 Science of Computer Programming 2013 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

Numerous methodologies for developing agent-based systems have been proposed in the literature. This proliferation creates a challenge to practitioners who need to select a methodology to adopt. This situation is analogous to that of object-oriented methodologies and notations pre-UML, and we argue that the time is ripe to begin the development of a next generation agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) methodology, leading ultimately towards a unified AOSE methodology. This paper proposes process and models for a next generation AOSE methodology. Our proposal is based on a comparative analysis of seven prominent AOSE methodologies, which identified strengths, weaknesses, commonalities and differences.

► We perform a comparative analysis of three prominent agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) methodologies.► We identify strengths, weaknesses, commonalities and differences among AOSE methodologies.► We put forward a proposal for the process and models of a next generation AOSE methodology.

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