A comparative analysis of multiagent system development methodologies: Towards a unified approach
Arsène Sabas, Sylvain Delisle, Mourad Badri · 2002
Agent-oriented methodologies and related modeling techniques have become a priority for the development of large scale agent-based systems. Several methodologies have been proposed for the development of multiagent systems (MAS). For the most part, these methodologies remain incomplete: they are either an extension of object-oriented methodologies or an extension of knowledge-based methodologies. In addition, too little effort has gone into the standardization of MAS methodologies, platforms and environments. We present a comparative analysis of the main existing MAS methodologies. Our long-term goal is the development of a rigorous and complete methodology for the analysis and design of MAS.