Agent Methodologies and Processes -- From Object-Oriented to Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies -- MASUP: An Agent-Oriented Modeling Process for Information Systems -- Composition of a New Process to Meet Agile Needs Using Method Engineering -- A Generative Approach for Multi-agent System Development -- Requirements Engineering and Software Architectures -- A Social-Driven Design of e-Business System -- Systematic Integration Between Requirements and Architecture -- Integrating Free-Flow Architectures with Role Models Based on Statecharts -- Aspectizing Multi-agent Systems: From Architecture to Implementation -- Modeling Languages -- CAMLE: A Caste-Centric Agent-Oriented Modelling Language and Environment -- A Formal Approach for the Modelling and Verification of Multiagent Plans Based on Model Checking and Petri Nets -- Specification of Role-Based Interactions Components in Multi-agent Systems -- The ANote Modeling Language for Agent-Oriented Specification -- Dependability and Coordination -- A Software Framework for Automated Negotiation -- Efficient Agent Communication in Multi-agent Systems -- Adaptive Access Control in Coordination-Based Mobile Agent Systems -- Separation of Concerns for Mechatronic Multi-agent Systems Through Dynamic Communities
Summary
"This book presents a coherent and well-balanced survey of recent advances in software engineering approaches to the design and analysis of realistic large-scale multi-agent systems (MAS). The chapters included are devoted to various techniques and methods used to cope with the complexity of real-world MAS. The power of agent-based software engineering is illustrated using examples that are representative of successful applications."--Jacket
