Although much progress has been made in the development of multi-agent systems, the systematic development of large-scale MAS still poses many challenges. Even though various models, techniques and methodologies have been proposed in the literature, researchers and developers are still faced with the common questions:
Which architectures are suitable for MAS?
How do we specify, design, implement, validate and verify our systems?
Which notations, models and programming languages are appropriate?
Which development tools and frameworks are available?
Which processes and methodologies can integrate all of the above and provide a disciplined approach to the rapid development of quality MAS?
The purpose of this project is to build on the knowledge acquired in developing large-scale MAS to define processes, methodologies and tools for a class of MAS. The emphasis is on:
Processes and methodologies for MAS development
Requirements Engineering for MAS
Software Architectures and Design Patterns for MAS
