Multiagent Systems Engineering : A Methodology for Analysis and Design ofMultiagent Systems

This thesis defines a methodology for the creation of multiagent systems, the Multiagent Systems Engineering (MaSE) methodology. The methodology is a key issue in the development of any complex system and there is currently no standard or widely used methodology in the realm of multiagent systems. MaSE covers the entire software lifecycle, starting from an initial prose specification, and creating a set of formal design documents in a graphical style based on a formal syntax. The final product of MaSE is a diagram describing the deployment of a system of intelligent agents that communicate through structured conversations. MaSE was created with the mention of being supported by an automated design tool. The tool built to support MaSE, agent Tool, is a multiagent system development tool for designing and synthesizing complex multiagent systems.Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB Oh School of Engineering is the author of 'Multiagent Systems Engineering : A Methodology for Analysis and Design ofMultiagent Systems', published 2000 under ISBN 9781423535638 and ISBN 1423535634.