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We are developingan agent-oriented software development methodology, called Tropos, which integrates ideas from multi-agent system technologies and Requirements Engineering research. A distinguishingfeature of Tropos is that it covers software development from early requirements analysis to detailed design, allowing for a deeper understandingof the operational environment of the new software system. This paper proposes a characterization of the process of early requirements analysis, defined in terms of transformation applications. Different categories of transformations are presented and illustrated by means of a runningexample. These transformations are then mapped onto a set of primitive transformations. The paper concludes with observations on the form and the role of the proposed transformations.
Tropos (from the Greek “τροπη”, “tropé”, which means “easily changeable”, also “easily adaptable”).
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Bresciani, P., Perini, A., Giorgini, P., Giunchiglia, F., Mylopoulos, J. (2002). Modeling Early Requirements in Tropos: A Transformation Based Approach. In: Wooldridge, M.J., Weiß, G., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II. AOSE 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70657-7_11
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