An agent methodology for processes, the environment, and services

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Passos, LS (Author) Other; Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti (Author) FEUP; Joaquim Mendes (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2011, Washington, DC, USA, October 5-7, 2011

Pages: 2124-2129

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Scopus - 3 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-PEG

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-397041-1.00003-0

Abstract (EN): Implementing and deploying a complete multiagent system in whatever domain, especially those that are inherently complex and dynamic, is undoubtedly a very hard and time-consuming task. The system's project must follow a very appropriate methodological approach; so all concepts in the real domain can be correctly interpreted, identified, and mapped into an agent-based model in order to produce a correct representation of reality and the corresponding agent model. This chapter analyzes the adequacy of traditional approaches in the field of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering to create adequate multiagent systems applicable to the transportation domain. Our findings suggested that although, albeit, some approaches are intended to be generic enough to represent a wide range of different domains, intelligent transportation systems and more specifically the whole complexity of future urban transport are not totally supported. We propose a novel methodology where the concept of services is considered as the peer of agents, ambience and processes. Also, services become prominent elements in the modeling phase. The approach, illustrated as a typical scenario in the transport domain, is instantiated, which serves to clarify the whole process and main concepts in our modeling methodology.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific