%0 Conference Paper %1 Jia:2009:ycict %A Jia, Yubo %A Huang, Chengwei %A Cai, Hao %B YC-ICT '09: Youth Conf. on Information, Computing and Telecommunication %D 2009 %K Gaia;MaSE;Tropos;agent agents;software development engineering; engineering;multi-agent engineering;pragmatics;software methodologies;modelling oriented software systems systems;software techniques;multi-agent thesis %P 106--109 %R 10.1109/YCICT.2009.5382417 %T A comparison of three agent-oriented software development methodologies: MaSE, Gaia, and Tropos %X Agent oriented software development is new research area in the field of software engineering. It is a promising approach for developing applications in complex domain. In recent years, multiple agent-oriented methodologies were introduced. However, it is difficult to select a methodology for a specific project, and their application is still limited due to their lack of maturity and standardization. Comparing some prominent agent-oriented methodologies and evaluating their strengths and weakness plays an important role in improving them. This paper presents a comparison and evaluation of three prominent agent-oriented methodologies: MaSE, Gaia, and Tropos. It is perfomed based upon a framework which addresses four major areas: concepts and properties, modelling techniques, process, and pragmatics. The results are discussed and presented.

@inproceedings{Jia:2009:ycict, abstract = {Agent oriented software development is new research area in the field of software engineering. It is a promising approach for developing applications in complex domain. In recent years, multiple agent-oriented methodologies were introduced. However, it is difficult to select a methodology for a specific project, and their application is still limited due to their lack of maturity and standardization. Comparing some prominent agent-oriented methodologies and evaluating their strengths and weakness plays an important role in improving them. This paper presents a comparison and evaluation of three prominent agent-oriented methodologies: MaSE, Gaia, and Tropos. It is perfomed based upon a framework which addresses four major areas: concepts and properties, modelling techniques, process, and pragmatics. The results are discussed and presented.}, added-at = {2017-03-16T11:50:55.000+0100}, author = {Jia, Yubo and Huang, Chengwei and Cai, Hao}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26199c1f95c26ccc4b8a6b0339f271af6/krevelen}, booktitle = {YC-ICT '09: Youth Conf. on Information, Computing and Telecommunication}, doi = {10.1109/YCICT.2009.5382417}, interhash = {552e2cb8987e7ad233d68e895922a91e}, intrahash = {6199c1f95c26ccc4b8a6b0339f271af6}, keywords = {Gaia;MaSE;Tropos;agent agents;software development engineering; engineering;multi-agent engineering;pragmatics;software methodologies;modelling oriented software systems systems;software techniques;multi-agent thesis}, month = {Sept.}, owner = {Rick}, pages = {106--109}, timestamp = {2017-03-16T11:54:14.000+0100}, title = {A comparison of three agent-oriented software development methodologies: {MaSE}, {Gaia}, and {Tropos}}, year = 2009 }