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Methodology vs. Development Process: A Case Study for AOSE

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Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Soft Computing, and Ambient Assisted Living (IWANN 2009)

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There is a general agreement in the fact that Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) needs development process definition for an accurate process management. The main trends in the field identify process and methodology in order to approach the process definition. This paper focusses in the idea that process and methodology must be considered independently. This means that not only the same process can be used for different methodologies but also that the same methodology can be used following different processes. The most suitable process can be selected by developers depending on several factors such as: human resources available, time restrictions, costs, etc. The previous approach is justified introducing a case study, which shows how different development processes can be applied while the team is following the same methodology (in particular, INGENIAS methodology).

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  1. Departamento de Informática, University of Vigo, Ed. Politécnico, Campus As Lagoas, Ourense, E-32004, Spain

    Alma Gómez-Rodríguez & Juan C. González-Moreno

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

  2. Department of Informatics / CCTC, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Miguel P. Rocha

  3. MAmI Research Lab, University of Castilla-La Mancha,, Ciudad Real, Spain

    José Bravo

  4. Department of Informatics, University of Vigo, Ourense, Spain

    Florentino Fernández

  5. Grupo de Investigación GICAP, Área de Lenguajes Higher Polytechnic School, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

    Emilio Corchado

  6. Higher Polytechnic School, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain

    Andrés Bustillo

  7. Department of Informatics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado

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Gómez-Rodríguez, A., González-Moreno, J.C. (2009). Methodology vs. Development Process: A Case Study for AOSE. In: Omatu, S., et al. Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Soft Computing, and Ambient Assisted Living. IWANN 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5518. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02481-8_5

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