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A Preliminary Comparative Feature Analysis of Multi-agent Systems Development Methodologies

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Agent-Oriented Information Systems II (AOIS 2004)

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While there are a considerable number of software engineering methodologies for developing multi-agent systems, not much work has been reported on the evaluation and comparison of these methodologies. This paper presents a comparative analysis of five well-known MAS-development methodologies. The comparison is based on a feature analysis framework published previously. This framework allows the comparative analysis to be made on a variety of evaluation criteria, covering both agent-oriented aspects and system engineering dimensions. The analysis also compares the methodologies in terms of their support for the steps in the development process and for agent-oriented concept modeling.

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  1. School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, The University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia

    Quynh-Nhu Numi Tran & Graham Low

  2. Innovation and Technology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Mary-Anne Williams

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  1. DG Information Society and Media, Unit D3: Software Technologies, European Commission, Avenue de Beaulieu 29, level 4, office 49, 1049, Brussels, Belgium

    Paolo Bresciani

  2. DISI, University of Trento, 38100, Povo, Trento, Italy

    Paolo Giorgini

  3. Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, 2000, Broadway, NSW, Australia

    Brian Henderson-Sellers

  4. School of Information Management and Technology Management, University of New South Wales, Australia

    Graham Low

  5. Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Tran, QN.N., Low, G., Williams, MA. (2005). A Preliminary Comparative Feature Analysis of Multi-agent Systems Development Methodologies. In: Bresciani, P., Giorgini, P., Henderson-Sellers, B., Low, G., Winikoff, M. (eds) Agent-Oriented Information Systems II. AOIS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3508. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11426714_11

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