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In this paper, we propose an approach for documenting and modeling Multi-agent System Product Lines (MAS-PLs) in the domain analysis stage. MAS-PLs are the integration between two promising techniques, software product lines and agent-oriented software engineering, aiming at incorporating their respective benefits and helping the industrial exploitation of agent technology. Our approach explores the scenario of including agency features to existing web applications and is based on PASSI, an agent-oriented methodology, to which we added some extensions to address agency variability. A case study, OLIS (OnLine Intelligent Services), illustrates our approach.
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Nunes, I., Kulesza, U., Nunes, C., de Lucena, C.J.P., Cirilo, E. (2009). A Domain Analysis Approach for Multi-agent Systems Product Lines. In: Filipe, J., Cordeiro, J. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems. ICEIS 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01347-8_59
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