The prometheus design tool: a conference management system case study

  • Authors:

  • Lin Padgham;John Thangarajah;Michael Winikoff

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Computer Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;School of Computer Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;School of Computer Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

  • Venue:
  • AOSE'07 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Agent-oriented software engineering VIII
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper describes how the Prometheus Design Tool (PDT) is usedto support the Prometheus methodology for designing agent systems. This is doneby using an exemplar system that has been used previously in the literature, andis briefly described earlier in this volume. This paper presents the development ofa design for this system using PDT. By using different tools and methodologies todesign the same example system it is easier to observe the similarities and differencesbetween both the methodologies and the tools supporting them. Prometheusand PDT, like the other systems presented in this volume, has specific strengthsand features that have been developed to support the design process. Howeverit is also evident that there is a great deal of commonality across agent methodologies that should give developers confidence that there is in fact an emergingagreed understanding as to the important aspects of designing and developingagent systems.