Engineering multi-agent systems with aspects and patterns

Garcia, Alessandro; Silva, Viviane Torres da; Chávez, Christina; Lucena, Carlos José Pereira de

doi:10.1590/s0104-65002002000100006

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“…These studies have generated a set of questions about the use of objects and agents in modeling and implementing systems [16,18]. After exhaustive review of theories, methodologies and methods for multi-agent systems, we found that our questions have not been addressed yet.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Object-oriented software engineering [5,6,46,60] has succeeded to support the development of high-quality software systems, but the complexity raised in this architectural transition is no longer affordable in terms of its abstractions, modeling languages, and methodologies [19,20,36,44,56,66,75]. The limitations of the object paradigm has spurred research on agent-based software engineering [32,33,34] as an additional approach to the development of large-scale systems from their conceptual modeling [10,68,71] to their computational modeling [18,21,55].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Taming Agents and Objects in Software Engineering

Silva

Garcia

Brandão

et al. 2003

Software Engineering for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems

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Abstract. Agent-based software engineering has been proposed in addition to object-oriented software engineering as a means of mastering the complexity associated with the development of large-scale distributed systems. However, there is still a poor understanding of the interplay between the notions of agents and objects from a software engineering perspective. Moreover, the many facets of agent-based software engineering are rarely used in the various phases of the software development lifecycle because of the lack of a comprehensive framework to provide the software designers with a clear understanding of the use of these two key abstractions. In this context, this paper presents TAO, an evolving innovative conceptual framework based on agent and object abstractions, which are the foundations for modeling large-scale software systems. The conceptual framework allows for the characterization of largescale software systems as organizations of passive components, the objects, and autonomous components, the agents, with each of these elements playing roles to interact with each other and to coordinate their actions in order to fulfill system goals.

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Section: Discussion and Ongoing Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taming Agents and Objects in Software Engineering

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Garcia

Brandão

et al. 2003

Software Engineering for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems

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“…This property is in line with the notion of specialization of aspectual modules. The specialization of crosscutting interfaces is a property required in several examples of heterogeneous and homogeneous aspects, such as code mobility [19,23], learning [20,22], and design patterns [18,24].…”

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Crosscutting interfaces for aspect-oriented modeling

Chávez¹,

Garcia²,

Kulesza³

et al. 2006

J. Braz. Comp. Soc.

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“…The pattern roles often crosscut several classes in a software system. Moreover, recent studies [8,9,10] have shown that object-oriented abstractions are not able to modularize these pattern-specific concerns and tend to lead to programs with poor modularity. In this context, it is important to systematically verify whether emerging development paradigms support improved modularization of the crosscutting concerns relative to the patterns.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%