Abstract
From a software engineering point of view, the agent paradigm has shown its potential for modelling in different domains. However, moving from agent models to implementation is not fully addressed by most agent-oriented methodologies in a systematic way. In most cases, they focus on the agent concept at the analysis level or look for visual or formal representations of elements present in an already implemented agent framework. Here we show that model driven development with agent-based models can facilitate the implementation of methods and tools for the development of multi-agent systems. This is illustrated with the INGENIAS methodology and its tools, the INGENIAS Development Kit (IDK), which are founded on the definition of the INGENIAS meta-models for multi-agent systems, and implement most of the facilities that a model driven development approach requires.