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This paper presents an approach to develop service-oriented user agents using the Software Product LineSPL engineering paradigm. The approach comprises activities and models to support building service-oriented customized agents that automate user tasks based on service orchestration involving multiple agents in open environments, and takes advantage of the synergy of Service-oriented ArchitectureSOA, Multi-agent SystemMAS and Software Product LineSPL. The domain-based process involves extended domain analysis with goals and variability, domain design with the specification of agent services and plans, and domain implementation.
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Nunes, I., de Lucena, C.J.P., Cowan, D., Alencar, P. (2009). Building Service-Oriented User Agents Using a Software Product Line Approach. In: Edwards, S.H., Kulczycki, G. (eds) Formal Foundations of Reuse and Domain Engineering. ICSR 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5791. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04211-9_23
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