A methodology for agent oriented software design

The main research goal of this project is the investigation and development of a methodology for the description and design of software architectures based on the agent-oriented approach. Agents provide a high abstraction level for developing software and thereby potentially simplify the design of complex information systems. The specific features of agent-oriented programming, which involve the autonomy of agents and their high-level communication and interaction, require the development of new concepts and techniques which are needed to structure the design process. Our aim is to provide these new techniques and analyse the conceptual basis of the agent-oriented approach.