Abstract Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) design methodologies and Integrated Development
Environments exhibit many interesting properties that also support simulation design. Yet, in …

The development of MAS can be facilitated with the introduction of simulations into the
development process. The integration of simulations has been addressed by some agent …

For many years, the progress in agent-oriented development has focused on tools and
methods for particular development phases. This has not been enough for the industry to …

Today's software industry is tasked with building evermore complex software applications,
and multiagent system technology is a promising approach capable of meeting these new …

Goal-oriented agent systems are increasingly popular for developing complex applications
that operate in highly dynamic environments. As with any software these systems have to be …

Interaction Protocols are fundamental elements to provide the entities in a system, be them
actors, agents, services, or other communicating pieces of software, a means to agree on a …

The recent advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to the possibilities to process
a large number of sensor data streams built upon large-scale IoT platforms. In developed …

Modelling is gaining relevance in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) because of
two main reasons. Firstly, the conceptual frameworks have reached a level of maturity that …

As the complexity of software systems continues to grow, the multi-agent systems approach
has been proposed as an approach to handling this complexity. A key factor to the use of …

In order to achieve its goal in using intelligent adaptive and predictive technical systems with
self-X functions and cognitive information processing in continuous interaction with …