Agent-Oriented Software Methodology*

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, a methodology for agent-oriented software analysis and design is proposed, which starts from a system’s organizational structure and its work mode. The main tasks of analysis are to build the models for a system’s organization structure and its work mode.to capture how roles construct the system, which problems the system is desired to solve, and which relationships are among those problems. The main tasks of design are to model agents who will play the roles and to model interactions to show how agents realize the existing work mode and solve problems. To ensure the consistency between the analysis and the design, this paper also discusses the logic relationships between varied models built at different phases, which makes it possible to check the consistency automatically.