Massive Views

Abstract

The product model of Massive is the core of the entire method. It allows the system designer to break the target system down into several views that concentrate on particular aspects of the system and abstract away from others. In each of the following sections, we will at first discuss the general nature and the intended scope of a view as well as a number of features and design patterns that belong to a view. However, the features and patterns that are presented are by no means an exhaustive collection, they rather represent the current state of my personal experience in designing multiagent applications. According to the basic idea of the Experience Factory, the potential user of the Massive method is encouraged to add new aspects that are necessary or to remove aspects that are not important in a particular context. In each of the following sections, the general considerations are applied to a case study in order to demonstrate how the theoretical concepts are used in a practical situation.