In some areas of software engineering research, there are several metamodels claiming to
capture the main issues. Though it is profitable to have variety at the beginning of a research …

The complexity and scope of software systems continues to grow. One approach to dealing
with this growing complexity is the use of intelligent, multi-agent systems. However, due in …

Agent technology is a software paradigm that permits to implement large and complex
distributed applications. In order to assist the development of multi-agent systems, agent …

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 …

This paper describes the Organization-based Multiagent System Engineering (O-MaSE)
Process Framework, which helps process engineers define custom multiagent systems …

The method engineering paradigm enables designers to reuse portions of design processes
(called method fragments or chunks in literature) to build processes that are expressly …

Numerous methodologies for developing agent-based systems have been proposed in the
literature. This proliferation creates a challenge to practitioners who need to select a …

This paper presents the Process for Agent Specification, Simulation and Implementation
(PASSIM), a simulation-based development process for Multi-agent Systems (MASs), which …

This paper shows how an AOSE methodology, the Agent Systems Engineering Methodology
(ASEME), uses state of the art technologies from the Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) …

CONTEXT: Models of how people move around cities play a role in making decisions about
urban and land-use planning. Previous models have been based on space and time, and …