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 …

Build your own intelligent agent system... Intelligent agent technology is a tool of modern
computer science that can be used to engineer complex computer programmes that behave …

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 …

Although security plays an important role in the development of multiagent systems, a
careful analysis of software development processes shows that the definition of security …

The design and development of open multi-agent systems (MAS) is a key aspect in agent
research. We advocate that they can be realised as electronic institutions. In this paper we …

Agent-oriented system development aims to simplify the construction of complex systems by
introducing a natural abstraction layer on top of the object-oriented paradigm composed of …

Numerous methodologies for develo** agent-based systems have been proposed in the
literature. However, their application is still limited due to their lack of maturity. Evaluating …

Unified Modeling Language (UML 2.0) is the upcoming standard of the Object Management
Group for specifying object-oriented software systems. In this paper, we will show how UML …

Due to the growing environmental and geopolitical challenges nowadays, which are
causing supply chain complications, industry and society are facing significant new …