The method engineering process for multi-agent system development

Xue Xiao; Zhang Xue Yan

1st International ICST Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

Research Article

The method engineering process for multi-agent system development

Cite: BibTeX Plain Text

@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/wkdd.2008.2679,
    author={Xue Xiao and Zhang Xue Yan},
    title={The method engineering process for multi-agent system development},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={WKDD},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.4108/wkdd.2008.2679}
}

Xue Xiao
Zhang Xue Yan
Year: 2010
The method engineering process for multi-agent system development
WKDD
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/wkdd.2008.2679

Xue Xiao¹^,*, Zhang Xue Yan²^,*

1: Lab of Intelligent Science, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan, P.R.China.
2: Department of Information Technology, Ningbo radio and tv university, Ningbo, Zhejiang, P.R.China.

*Contact email: jzxuexiao@126.com, zxueyan@gmail.com

Abstract

The agent-oriented (AO) methodology is an effective means for constructing distributed systems. Despite a great deal of research, a number of challenges still exist before making agent-based computing a widely accepted paradigm in software engineering practice. In order to solve the problem of “difficult to implement”, the paper presents a method engineering development process for facilitating building up new agent system by reusing method meta models and design patterns. As the supporting tool, the hierarchical development architecture(HDA) plays a key role in the process. To exemplify its feasibility and effectiveness, the construction of C4I system is presented as a case study.

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ACM
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/wkdd.2008.2679