Publications

@inproceedings{cossentinoApproachEngineeringComplex2017,

title = {Towards an Approach for Engineering Complex Systems: Agents and Agility.},

author = { Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

booktitle = {WOA},

pages = {1--6},

abstract = {The way in which we use and conceive modern software systems is changing. Humans/users are becoming more and more immersed in today complex systems operation, systems interact in a dynamic fashion with the users and with changing and dynamic environments. New design paradigms are necessary. In this paper we propose a first insight to engineering complex physical systems by employing agility and a framework for self-adaptive service composition.},

keywords = {Agile Development, Cyber-Physical Systems, Multi agent systems, Self-Adaptive Systems},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{cossentinoPassiAgilePassi2005,

title = {The Passi and Agile Passi Mas Meta-Models Compared with a Unifying Proposal},

author = { Massimo Cossentino and Salvatore Gaglio and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita},

doi = {10.1007/11559221_19},

year  = {2005},

date = {2005-01-01},

booktitle = {Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV: 4th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, CEEMAS 2005, Budapest, Hungary, September 15– 17, 2005. Proceedings 4},

pages = {183--192},

publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},

abstract = {A great number of processes for multi-agent systems design have been presented in last years to support the different approaches to agent-oriented design; each process is specific for a particular class of problems and it instantiates a specific MAS meta-model. These differences produce inconsistences and overlaps: a MAS meta-model may define a term not referred by another, or the same term can be used with a different meaning. We think that the lack of a standardization may cause a significant delay to the diffusion of the agent paradigm outside research context. Working for this unification goal, it is also necessary to define in unambiguous way the terms of the agent model and their relationships thus obtaining a unified MAS meta-model. In this work we propose the PASSI MAS meta-model, the results of its adaptation to the needs of an agile process (Agile PASSI), and a comparison with an existing unifying proposal of MAS meta-model composed by considering three different processes (ADELFE, Gaia and PASSI).},

keywords = {Agents, Agile Development, Design Process, Multi agent systems, Standardization},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{chellaPassiAgilePassi2004,

title = {From Passi to Agile Passi: Tailoring a Design Process to Meet New Needs},

author = { Antonio Chella and Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita},

doi = {10.1109/IAT.2004.1342998},

year  = {2004},

date = {2004-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, 2004.(IAT 2004).},

pages = {471--474},

publisher = {IEEE},

abstract = {From several years we are developing robotic multiagent systems according to well defined design methodologies. These methodologies evolved over time because of the changes in the operating environments (robotic hardware and software platforms) and specific missions accomplished by our robots. In the last four years we used PASSI (Process for Agent Societies Specification and Implementation) obtaining good results but, the growing experience and day by day accelerating changes in requirements suggested us to find a new and more versatile approach. In this context we developed the Agile PASSI methodology discussed in this paper; it is an agile process built up capitalizing all the experiences done with PASSI and its supporting tools some of which have been adapted and reused in the new process.},

keywords = {Agents, Agile Development, Multi agent systems, Robotic Applications},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}