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A multi-agent system is a system composed of several software agents, collectively capable of reaching goals that are difficult to achieve by an individual agent or monolithic system. Many useful methodologies have been proposed to develop multi-agent systems. However, existing development methodologies for agent based system are not suitable for inexperienced developers. In this paper, we propose a design pattern based agent development methodology to support the inexperienced developer. Specifically, the proposed methodology covers the overall development process from requirement analysis to system deployment. We offer a CASE tool to support the methodology. We implement an E-commerce system development example to evaluate our methodology.
This work was supported in parts by ITRC IITA-2007-(C1090-0701-0046, Basic Research Program of the Korea Science &Engineering Foundation, and the Post-BK21 Project. Corresponding author: Eunseok Lee.
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Youn, H., Lee, E. (2008). Design Pattern Based Development Methodology and Support Tool for Multi Agent System. In: Nguyen, N.T., Jo, G.S., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. KES-AMSTA 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4953. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78582-8_15
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