Changes and adaptations are always necessary after the deployment of a multiagent system (MAS), as well as of any other type of software systems. Some of these changes may be simply perfective and have local impact only. However, adaptive changes to meet changed situations in the operational environment of the MAS may have global impact on the overall design. In this paper, we analyze the issue of continuous design change/adaptation in a MAS organization, and the specific problem of how to properly model/design a MAS so as to make it ready to adaptation. Following, the paper focuses on the Gaia methodology and analyzes – also with the help of an illustrative example – its suitability in supporting and facilitating adaptive changes in MASs organizations, and its advantages and limitations with this regard over a number of different agent-oriented methodologies.

Dealing with Adaptive Multiagent Organizations in the Gaia Methodology / Cernuzzi, Luca Carlo; Zambonelli, Franco. - STAMPA. - (2005), pp. 109-123. (Intervento presentato al convegno AOSE 2005: 5th International Workshop on Agent-oriented Software Engineering tenutosi a Utrecht (NL) nel July 25-26, 2005).

Dealing with Adaptive Multiagent Organizations in the Gaia Methodology

CERNUZZI, Luca Carlo;ZAMBONELLI, Franco
2005

Abstract

Changes and adaptations are always necessary after the deployment of a multiagent system (MAS), as well as of any other type of software systems. Some of these changes may be simply perfective and have local impact only. However, adaptive changes to meet changed situations in the operational environment of the MAS may have global impact on the overall design. In this paper, we analyze the issue of continuous design change/adaptation in a MAS organization, and the specific problem of how to properly model/design a MAS so as to make it ready to adaptation. Following, the paper focuses on the Gaia methodology and analyzes – also with the help of an illustrative example – its suitability in supporting and facilitating adaptive changes in MASs organizations, and its advantages and limitations with this regard over a number of different agent-oriented methodologies.
2005
AOSE 2005: 5th International Workshop on Agent-oriented Software Engineering
Utrecht (NL)
July 25-26, 2005
109
123
Cernuzzi, Luca Carlo; Zambonelli, Franco
Dealing with Adaptive Multiagent Organizations in the Gaia Methodology / Cernuzzi, Luca Carlo; Zambonelli, Franco. - STAMPA. - (2005), pp. 109-123. (Intervento presentato al convegno AOSE 2005: 5th International Workshop on Agent-oriented Software Engineering tenutosi a Utrecht (NL) nel July 25-26, 2005).
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