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Comparing Agile Processes for Agent Oriented Software Engineering

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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2010)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 6156))

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Multi-agent Systems are at the moment an important new paradigm in software development. Several methodologies have been proposed for developing systems within this approach. Besides new agile process have been proposed to be used combined with the meta-models of such methodologies. This paper studies how the use of one of those Agent Oriented methodologies following an agile process such as Scrum produces improvements in the time consumed in the development that could shorten the learning time. This may have as outcome the possibility of using smaller groups in development.

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  1. D. de Informática, (University of Vigo) Ed. Politécnico, Campus As Lagoas, Ourense, E-32004, Spain

    Alma M. Gómez-Rodríguez & Juan C. González-Moreno

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  1. Software Development Group, IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300, Copenhagen, Denmark

    M. Ali Babar

  2. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Kaitoväylä 1, 90570, Oulu, Finland

    Matias Vierimaa

  3. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland

    Markku Oivo

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Gómez-Rodríguez, A.M., González-Moreno, J.C. (2010). Comparing Agile Processes for Agent Oriented Software Engineering. In: Ali Babar, M., Vierimaa, M., Oivo, M. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_17

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