Our goal in this paper is to introduce and motivate a methodology, called Tropos, 1 for
building agent oriented software systems. Tropos is based on two key ideas. First, the notion …

Systems composed of interacting autonomous agents offer a promising software
engineering approach for develo** applications in complex domains. However, this …

With increasing attention paid to the application of agent-based modeling in decision-
making issues, a large number of related studies have been published in management …

Information systems of the future will have to perform well within ever-changing
organizational environments. Unfortunately, existing software development methodologies …

As agents are gaining acceptance as a technology, there is a growing need for practical
methods for develo** agent applications. This paper presents the Prometheus …

A new approach for conceptualizing and modeling multi-agent systems that consist of
people, devices, and software agents. Today, when computing is pervasive and deployed …

The ability of production companies to rapidly develop and deploy effective and efficient
control systems is critical for success in the consumer-driven environment of contemporary …

Tropos is a novel agent-oriented software development methodology founded on two key
features:(i) the notions of agent, goal, plan and other knowledge level concepts are used …

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 …

Agent orientation is currently pursued primarily as a software paradigm. Software with
characteristics such as autonomy, sociality, reactivity and proactivity, and communicative …