An Agent-oriented software engineering paradigm and the design of a new generation of spatial information system

The aim of this paper is to explore the connection between an agent-oriente d software development paradigm and the task of designing a third generation of spatial information system. The paper provides an argument that the adoption of an agent-oriented system design approach is a significant advancement for the spatial information system design problem. These conclusions are drawn from both theoretical and practical considerations. Existing research using the concept of computing agents in some spatial data handling domains are also reviewed and generalised. Based on an understanding of spatial information systems, agentoriented ideas as well as the exploration of existing works involving intelligent agents in the domain of spatial data handling, a design consideration using intelligent computing agents as the basic building block for a new generation of spatial systems is outlined.

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