Goal-Oriented Methodology for Agent System Development

Zhiqi SHEN
Chunyan MIAO
Robert GAY
Dongtao LI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems   Vol.E89-D    No.4    pp.1413-1420
Publication Date: 2006/04/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1361
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e89-d.4.1413
Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Knowledge-Based Software Engineering)
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Keyword: 
goal-oriented modeling,  agent-oriented software engineering,  Goal Net,  

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Summary: 
The Goal-Orientation is one of the key features in agent systems. This paper proposes a new methodology for multi-agent system development based on Goal Net model. The methodology covers the whole life cycle of the agent system development, from requirement analysis, architecture design, detailed design to implementation. A Multi-Agent Development Environment (MADE) that facilitates the design and implementation of agent systems is presented. A case study on an agent-based e-learning system developed using the proposed methodology is illustrated in this paper.

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