Component Based Development in Multi Agent Systems

While tools for agent based social simulation have come a long way towards making life easier for the social scientist depending on computerized methodologies, we nd that some of the requirements for eÆcient scienti c progress have not been met. Inspired by the success of simulation environments and tools in the last decade, by the work on the alignment of models and by proven technology in business information systems, we propose a common methodology in the form of a common object model architecture for agents(COMA).