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Patterns in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering III (AOSE 2002)

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In this paper, I will show how the now popular concept of software patterns can be used in agent-oriented software engineering. To this end, I will present a possible structure of a pattern catalog for agent-oriented patterns and introduce a pattern description scheme that accounts for the specific needs of agent patterns. Then, I will provide two examples for how this scheme can be used to describe actual agent patterns.

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    Jürgen Lind

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  1. Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, 38050 Povo, Trento, Italy

    Fausto Giunchiglia

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    James Odell

  3. Institut für Informatik Technische, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Gerhard Weiß

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Lind, J. (2003). Patterns in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering. In: Giunchiglia, F., Odell, J., Weiß, G. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering III. AOSE 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2585. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36540-0_4

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