Agent-oriented software engineering for successful TAC participation

In this paper we describe our approach for an efficient design and implementation of multi-agent systems using agent oriented methodologies and tools. We demonstrate the strength of this approach taking the example of the TAC domain. The trading agent competition (TAC) is a challenging e-marketplace domain for autonomous auction agents. The development process turned out to be very effective with respect to time and success and with the living agents team finishing as the highest scoring team.