Holonic multiagent systems offers a promising software engineering approach for developping applications in complex domains. However the process of building MASs and HMASs is radically different from the process of building more traditional software systems and so introduces new design and development issues. Against this background, this paper introduces organization-oriented abstractions for ...

Holonic multiagent systems offers a promising software engineering approach for developping applications in complex domains. However the process of building MASs and HMASs is radically different from the process of building more traditional software systems and so introduces new design and development issues. Against this background, this paper introduces organization-oriented abstractions for ...

In aspect-oriented model driven engineering (AOMDE), a software design model consists of a primary model that describes the business logic of the application and a set of aspect models each of which describes a crosscutting software feature. The complete design is realized by composing the primary model with the aspect models. A variety of AOMDE approaches are possible depending on how the prin...

Aspect-oriented component engineering (AOCE) is a new technique for engineering software components, using a concept of provided and required systemic aspects of a component’s nonfunctional and functional characteristics to support component composition and interaction. These aspects include component user interfaces, collaborative work support, distribution and persistency, security, data mana...

Software metrics is one consistent topic of research in software engineering. The role of software metrics is to find significant estimates for software products and directs us in intriguing managerial and technical decisions. Software metrics have become an integral part of software development and are used during every phase of the software development life cycle. Research in the area of soft...

Service-oriented architectures (SOA) are an essential platform to provide infrastructures that support widespread collaboration between organizations. These service-oriented systems are a new context for software developers, who must now be equipped with new development methods and technologies. This new context has specific requirements, such as better collaboration and communication between b...

One of the most prevalent approaches among distributed architectures is Multi-Agent Systems. The agents have characteristics such as autonomy, reasoning, reactivity, social abilities and pro-activity which make them appropriate for developing distributed systems based on highly dynamic scenarios. Nevertheless, the development of a multi-agent system can be an extensive and delicate process. Dur...

To reuse one or several existing systems in order to develop a complex system is a common practice in software engineering. This approach can be justified by the fact that it is often difficult for a single Information System (IS) to accomplish all the requested tasks. So, one solution is to combine many different ISs and make them collaborate in order to realize these tasks. We previously prop...

Many different methodologies have been proposed in Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) literature, and the concepts they rely on are different from those adopted when implementing the system. This conceptual gap often creates inconsistencies between specifications and implementation. We propose a metamodel-based approach that aims to bridge this gap, resulting in an integrated meta-model...

This report summarizes the results and discussions from the 11th Workshop on Aspect-Oriented Modeling (AOM). The workshop was held in conjunction with the International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering, Languages, and Systems (MODELS), which was located in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 30, 2007. Over 20 researchers and practitioners attended the workshop with various backgrounds in a...