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MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM PRODUCT LINES: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS.

This article discusses software product lines. The article notes that agent-oriented software has emerged as a new software engineering paradigm to apply the best practices in the development of multi-agent systems. The new software focuses on the use of agents and communities of agents as the main...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 82 - 85
Main Authors: Peña, Joaquin, Hinchey, Michael G., Ruiz-Cortés, Antonio
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2006
Subjects:
Computer software development
Product management
Product lines
New product development
Software engineering
Best practices
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article discusses software product lines. The article notes that agent-oriented software has emerged as a new software engineering paradigm to apply the best practices in the development of multi-agent systems. The new software focuses on the use of agents and communities of agents as the main abstractions of the software. The authors advocate the application of software product line theory towards multi-agent systems, noting that the product line theory will make the development of multi-agent systems more practical.