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Profile based comparative analysis for AOSE methodologies evaluation

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SAC '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM symposium on Applied computing

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1363686.1363704

Published: 16 March 2008 Publication History

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This study focuses on the analysis and evaluation of agent-oriented methodologies. Different studies have been proposed for the evaluation of agent-oriented methodologies adopting specifics types of evaluation and criteria. The present work proposes to adopt the Profile Analysis technique for comparing evaluations carried out by different authors (perhaps using different evaluation frameworks) with the aim of improving the acceptability of agent-oriented methodologies evaluation in the agent community. To exemplify the proposal, we present the application of the Profile Analysis technique on a case study.

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194020500370
Moutinho SMoura RVasconcelos C(2014)MENTAL MODELS ABOUT SEISMIC EFFECTS: STUDENTS’ PROFILE BASED COMPARATIVE ANALYSISInternational Journal of Science and Mathematics Education10.1007/s10763-014-9572-714:3(391-415)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2014
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-014-9572-7
Al-Azawi RAyesh AKenny IAL-Masruri K(2013)Towards an AOSE: Game Development MethodologyDistributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_59(493-501)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_59
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Profile based comparative analysis for AOSE methodologies evaluation
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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DOI:10.1145/1363686

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Jazayeri ABass E(2020)Agent-Oriented Methodologies Evaluation Frameworks: A ReviewInternational Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering10.1142/S021819402050037030:09(1337-1370)Online publication date: 20-Oct-2020
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194020500370
Moutinho SMoura RVasconcelos C(2014)MENTAL MODELS ABOUT SEISMIC EFFECTS: STUDENTS’ PROFILE BASED COMPARATIVE ANALYSISInternational Journal of Science and Mathematics Education10.1007/s10763-014-9572-714:3(391-415)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2014
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-014-9572-7
Al-Azawi RAyesh AKenny IAL-Masruri K(2013)Towards an AOSE: Game Development MethodologyDistributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_59(493-501)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_59
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