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2009
Cossentino, Massimo; Sabatucci, Luca; Seidita, Valeria
A Collaborative Tool for Designing and Enacting Design Processes Proceedings Article
In: SAC, pp. 715–721, 2009.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Collaborative Tool, Situational Method Engineering, Supporting Tool
@inproceedings{cossentinoCollaborativeToolDesigning2009,
title = {A Collaborative Tool for Designing and Enacting Design Processes},
author = { Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita},
doi = {10.1145/1529282.1529431},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
booktitle = {SAC},
pages = {715--721},
abstract = {Today several approaches using Situational Method Engineering paradigm exist, each of them proposes methods and techniques for developing ad-hoc design processes. In this context heavy efforts were spent in the construction of appropriate tools that could help method engineers in producing a specific design process and in using it. We developed a tool called Metameth for supporting the design process definition and its enactment. Metameth is implemented as a multi-agent system, where each agent is capable of reasoning and adapting itself in order to support the designer in performing different kinds of design activities.},
keywords = {Collaborative Tool, Situational Method Engineering, Supporting Tool},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Today several approaches using Situational Method Engineering paradigm exist, each of them proposes methods and techniques for developing ad-hoc design processes. In this context heavy efforts were spent in the construction of appropriate tools that could help method engineers in producing a specific design process and in using it. We developed a tool called Metameth for supporting the design process definition and its enactment. Metameth is implemented as a multi-agent system, where each agent is capable of reasoning and adapting itself in order to support the designer in performing different kinds of design activities.
Mascio, Tania Di; Perini, Anna; Sabatucci, Luca; Susi, Angelo
Building and Browsing Tropos Models: The AVI Design Proceedings Article
In: Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Interaction: Symposium on Human Interface 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009, Proceedings, Part II, pp. 269, Springer, 2009.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agents, Design Process, Supporting Tool
@inproceedings{dimascioBuildingBrowsingTropos2009,
title = {Building and Browsing Tropos Models: The AVI Design},
author = { Tania Di Mascio and Anna Perini and Luca Sabatucci and Angelo Susi},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-02559-4_30},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
booktitle = {Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Interaction: Symposium on Human Interface 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009, Proceedings, Part II},
pages = {269},
publisher = {Springer},
abstract = {This paper proposes the use of the HCI paradigm and techniques to support software system designers in building and browsing visual models during the development of complex distributed systems. In particular, we adopt Usability Evaluation Methods (UEMs) to analyse the first version of the interface of TAOM4E, the tool supporting the Tropos Agent-Oriented methodology. Using the results of this usability study, we collect different requirements to design an Advanced Visual Interface (AVI) of TAOM4E taking into account requirements of supporting software designers during Tropos models design process browsing.},
keywords = {Agents, Design Process, Supporting Tool},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
This paper proposes the use of the HCI paradigm and techniques to support software system designers in building and browsing visual models during the development of complex distributed systems. In particular, we adopt Usability Evaluation Methods (UEMs) to analyse the first version of the interface of TAOM4E, the tool supporting the Tropos Agent-Oriented methodology. Using the results of this usability study, we collect different requirements to design an Advanced Visual Interface (AVI) of TAOM4E taking into account requirements of supporting software designers during Tropos models design process browsing.
2006
Cossentino, Massimo; Sabatucci, Luca; Seidita, Valeria; Gaglio, Salvatore
An Agent Oriented Tool for Method Engineering Proceedings Article
In: EUMAS, 2006.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Agents, Design Process, Situational Method Engineering, Supporting Tool
@inproceedings{cossentinoAgentOrientedTool2006,
title = {An Agent Oriented Tool for Method Engineering},
author = { Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita and Salvatore Gaglio},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-01-01},
booktitle = {EUMAS},
abstract = {In the last years we applied the Method Engineering paradigm to the development of agent-oriented design processes. The main difficulty in our initial experiments was ensuring the support of a customised CASE tool to the new methodology. In this paper we now present a Computer-Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) tool that we developed in order to allow the design of the new process and then its instantiation. The process is executed as a workflow, the designer receives the help of an expert system (for routine works automation and syntax/semantic checks) and can model his/her system using a set of Eclipse plug-ins supporting all UML diagrams. The development of this tool started from the definition of a system metamodel obtained from the initial requirements and then instantiated using open-source and ad hoc developed components; as it could be expected relevant portions of this tool are developed using the agent-oriented paradigm.},
keywords = {Agents, Design Process, Situational Method Engineering, Supporting Tool},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
In the last years we applied the Method Engineering paradigm to the development of agent-oriented design processes. The main difficulty in our initial experiments was ensuring the support of a customised CASE tool to the new methodology. In this paper we now present a Computer-Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) tool that we developed in order to allow the design of the new process and then its instantiation. The process is executed as a workflow, the designer receives the help of an expert system (for routine works automation and syntax/semantic checks) and can model his/her system using a set of Eclipse plug-ins supporting all UML diagrams. The development of this tool started from the definition of a system metamodel obtained from the initial requirements and then instantiated using open-source and ad hoc developed components; as it could be expected relevant portions of this tool are developed using the agent-oriented paradigm.
2003
Cossentino, Massimo; Sabatucci, Luca; Chella, Antonio
Designing JADE Systems with the Support of CASE Tools and Patterns Journal Article
In: Special Issue on JADE of Telecom Italia Journal EXP of September, 2003.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Design Patterns, Design Process, JADE, Multi agent systems, Supporting Tool
@article{cossentinoDesigningJADESystems2003,
title = {Designing JADE Systems with the Support of CASE Tools and Patterns},
author = { Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Antonio Chella},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-01-01},
journal = {Special Issue on JADE of Telecom Italia Journal EXP of September},
abstract = {In the last years, multi-agent systems (MAS) have proved more and more successful. The need of a quality software engineering approach to their design arises together with the request of new tools that could support a quick, affordable and cost- profitably development process. In this work we describe two different aspects of these topics: the support that a CASE tool specifically conceived for MASs can provide to the designer and the impact that patterns of agents can have in the systems production. Both of these issues have, in our approach, a common denominator that is the PASSI (Process for Agent Societies Specification and Implementation) design methodology since the CASE tool we will describe has been built to work with it and our patterns are totally integrate with this process. We will complete our discussion with some examples of the functionalities offered by these tools.},
keywords = {Design Patterns, Design Process, JADE, Multi agent systems, Supporting Tool},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
In the last years, multi-agent systems (MAS) have proved more and more successful. The need of a quality software engineering approach to their design arises together with the request of new tools that could support a quick, affordable and cost- profitably development process. In this work we describe two different aspects of these topics: the support that a CASE tool specifically conceived for MASs can provide to the designer and the impact that patterns of agents can have in the systems production. Both of these issues have, in our approach, a common denominator that is the PASSI (Process for Agent Societies Specification and Implementation) design methodology since the CASE tool we will describe has been built to work with it and our patterns are totally integrate with this process. We will complete our discussion with some examples of the functionalities offered by these tools.