Iterative Software Engineering for Multiagent Systems: The MASSIVE Method

The agent metaphor and the agent—based approach to systems design constitute a promising new paradigm for building complex distributed systems. However, until now, the majority of the agent—based applications available have been built by researchers who specialize in agent—based computing and distributed artificial intelligence. If agent—based computing is to become anything more than a niche technology practiced by the few, then the base of people who can successfully apply the approach ne...