Introduction
In Chapter 2, we discussed agent-based systems, their characteristics and numerous advantages. We may feel inspired to design such agent-based systems but we need a methodology to guide us through the design process. There are many different multi-agent system design methodologies. In this chapter, we will discuss some of these design methodologies. We will give a brief overview of their different approaches and their important advantages. The chosen methodologies are different from each other and together cover various aspects of the multi-agent system design process.
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Hadzic, M., Wongthongtham, P., Dillon, T., Chang, E. (2009). Design Approaches for Multi-Agent-Based Systems. In: Ontology-Based Multi-Agent Systems. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 219. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01904-3_4
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