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Developing Multi-Agent Systems through Integrating Prometheus, INGENIAS and ICARO-T

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Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2009)

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A great number of methodologies to develop MAS systems have been proposed in the last few years. But, a perfect methodology that satisfies all the developer necessities cannot be found. This is the reason why different methodologies are studied to create a new one. In this article, a methodology that includes all steps from the capture of requirements to the implementation and deployment of an agent-based application is proposed. In first place, an Analysis Overview Diagram is created to obtain an initial sketch of the application. Afterwards, the model obtained - by following the two first stages proposed by Prometheus methodology – could be integrated into INGENIAS through UML-AT language. Next, the modeling goes on with INGENIAS. Finally, code is generated for the ICARO-T platform.

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    Antonio Fernández-Caballero & José M. Gascueña

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  1. Departament of Systems and Informatics, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal – INSTICC, Rua do Vale de Chaves - Estefanilha, 2910-761, Setúbal, Portugal

    Joaquim Filipe

  2. Instituto de Telecomunicaçöes, IST - Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

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  3. School of Computing, Staffordshire University, Baconside,, Stafford, UK

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Fernández-Caballero, A., Gascueña, J.M. (2010). Developing Multi-Agent Systems through Integrating Prometheus, INGENIAS and ICARO-T. In: Filipe, J., Fred, A., Sharp, B. (eds) Agents and Artificial Intelligence. ICAART 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 67. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11819-7_17

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