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Title

Agent-oriented software analysis

Author(s)

Chan, Kevin;  Sterling, Leon;  Karunasekera, Shanika

Abstract

Agent-oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) has become an active area of research in recent years. In this paper, we look at the use of agent-oriented concepts for software analysis. Using agent-oriented analysis may offer benefits even if the system is implemented without an agent-based language or framework (e.g. using an object-oriented detailed design and language). We examine the software analysis components of a number of existing agent-oriented methodologies. We discuss the benefits that can be gained by using agent-oriented concepts, and where the concepts require further development. Based on this analysis, we present the agent-oriented methodology that we are developing, and describe an example of how it may be applied for software analysis.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC), Melbourne, Australia, 13-16 April 2004 / P. Strooper (ed.), Vol. 2004, pp. 20-27

Publication year

2004

Keyword(s)

Agent-oriented language;  Agent-oriented software engineering;  Architectural design;  Computer aided analysis;  Computer programming languages;  Computer simulation;  Internet;  Object-oriented modeling;  Object oriented programming;  Problem solving;  Software agents;  Software engineering;  Systems analysis

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN

0769520898

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ASWEC.2004.1290454

Copyright

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