Multi-Agent Systems: An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Multi-Agent Systems: An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence
The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Modelling the Structure and Behaviour of Petri Net Agents
ICATPN '01 Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets
Developing multiagent systems: The Gaia methodology
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
A proposal for structuring Petri net-based agent interaction protocols
ICATPN'03 Proceedings of the 24th international conference on Applications and theory of Petri nets
XP'03 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Extreme programming and agile processes in software engineering
Agent-based project management
Artificial intelligence today
AOSE'04 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
Engineering organization-based multiagent systems
Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV
Agent Models for Concurrent Software Systems
MATES '08 Proceedings of the 6th German conference on Multiagent System Technologies
Net Components for the Integration of Process Mining into Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency I
Modelling distributed network security in a petri net- and agent-based approach
MATES'10 Proceedings of the 8th German conference on Multiagent system technologies
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In this work we propose the introduction of multi-agent concepts for the organization of software development projects of (especially multi-agent) application design and implementation. This is expressed by the guiding metaphor (German: Leitbild) of a multi-agent system of developers.Team orientation and concurrent development are two aspects that are crucial in every large development project. Consequently, the organizational structure of the programming team has to take account for both. If the developed application is distributed, concurrent and team-oriented --- e.g. a multi-agent application --- one approach is to aim for a comparable (homomorphic) structure of a developed system and development team. We achieve this by reintroducing the multi-agent system: metaphor into the organizational structure of the development team.Agent attributes such as autonomy, communication, cooperation, self-organization and the capacity for teamwork are transferred by the guiding metaphor back to team members. Concurrency and distribution of resources and processes is naturally supported by the guiding metaphor.This guiding metaphor can be applied to any project organization. However, it is best suited for the organization of multi-agent application development, due to the similarity in structure.