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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering IX

9th International Workshop, AOSE 2008, Estoril, Portugal, May 12-13, 2008, Revised Selected Papers

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 5386)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

Conference series link(s): AOSE: International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

Conference proceedings info: AOSE 2008.

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Multi-agent Organizations

    1. Model-Driven Integration of Organizational Models

      • Luciano R. Coutinho, Anarosa A. F. Brandão, Jaime S. Sichman, Olivier Boissier
      Pages 1-15
    2. MAS Modeling Based on Organizations

      • Estefanía Argente, Vicente Julian, Vicent Botti
      Pages 16-30
  3. Method Engineering and Software Development Processes

    1. Using and Extending the SPEM Specifications to Represent Agent Oriented Methodologies

      • Valeria Seidita, Massimo Cossentino, Salvatore Gaglio
      Pages 46-59
    2. Definition of Process Models for Agent-Based Development

      • Iván García-Magariño, Alma Gómez-Rodríguez, Juan C. González-Moreno
      Pages 60-73
    3. Methodology Fragments Definition in SPEM for Designing Adaptive Methodology: A First Step

      • Sylvain Rougemaille, Frederic Migeon, Thierry Millan, Marie-Pierre Gleizes
      Pages 74-85
    4. A MAS Metamodel-Driven Approach to Process Fragments Selection

      • Massimo Cossentino, Salvatore Gaglio, Stéphane Galland, Nicolas Gaud, Vincent Hilaire, Abderrafiaa Koukam et al.
      Pages 86-100
    5. An Evaluation Framework for MAS Modeling Languages Based on Metamodel Metrics

      • Iván García-Magariño, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, Rubén Fuentes-Fernández
      Pages 101-115
    6. A Unified Graphical Notation for AOSE

      • Lin Padgham, Michael Winikoff, Scott DeLoach, Massimo Cossentino
      Pages 116-130
    7. Prometheus and INGENIAS Agent Methodologies: A Complementary Approach

      • José M. Gascueña, Antonio Fernández-Caballero
      Pages 131-144
    8. Evaluating an Agent-Oriented Approach for Change Propagation

      • Khanh Hoa Dam, Michael Winikoff
      Pages 159-172
  4. Testing and Debugging

    1. Goal-Oriented Agent Testing Revisited

      • Erdem Eser Ekinci, Ali Murat Tiryaki, Övünç Çetin, Oguz Dikenelli
      Pages 173-186
    2. Experimental Evaluation of Ontology-Based Test Generation for Multi-agent Systems

      • Cu D. Nguyen, Anna Perini, Paolo Tonella
      Pages 187-198
    3. Testing and Debugging of MAS Interactions with INGENIAS

      • Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, Juan Botía, Emilio Serrano, Juan Pavón
      Pages 199-212
  5. Tools and Case Studies

    1. Developing and Evolving a Multi-agent System Product Line: An Exploratory Study

      • Ingrid Nunes, Camila Nunes, Uirá Kulesza, Carlos Lucena
      Pages 228-242
    2. OperA and Brahms: A Symphony?

      • Bart-Jan van Putten, Virginia Dignum, Maarten Sierhuis, Shawn R. Wolfe
      Pages 257-271

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About this book

Software architectures that contain many dynamically interacting components, each with its own thread of control, engaging in complex coordination protocols, are difficult to correctly and efficiently engineer. Agent-oriented modelling techniques are important for the design and development of such applications. This book provides a diverse and interesting overview of the work that is currently being undertaken by a growing number of researchers in the area of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering. The papers represent a state-of-the-art report of current research in this field, which is of critical importance in facilitating industry take-up of powerful agent technologies.

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, AOSE 2008, held in Estoril, Portugal, in May 2008 as part of AAMAS 2008. The 20 revised full papers were carefully selected from 50 initial submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers have been organized into four sections on: multi-agent organizations, method engineering and software development processes, testing and debugging, as well as tools and case studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, King’s College London,Strand, London, UK

    Michael Luck

  • Facultad de Informatica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Jorge J. Gomez-Sanz

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