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The complexity and scope of software systems continue to grow. One approach to deal with this growing complexity is to use intelligent multi-agents system. Agents may be stationary or mobiles. Our work contributes to bridge the gap between agent oriented software engineering methodologies and mobile-agent systems. Indeed, we aim to propose an approach to develop multi-agents systems including mobile agents. This paper focuses principally on our design meta-model. Therefore, it gives an overview of our approach, discusses the issue of mobile-agents platforms compliance with MASIF and FIPA specifications; then examines our design meta-model versus particularly three works supporting mobility by extending a multi-agents system methodology (MaSE, Gaia, and AALAADIN).
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Gherbi, T., Borne, I., Meslati, D. (2013). An MDE Approach to Develop Mobile-Agents Applications. In: Filipe, J., Maciaszek, L.A. (eds) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering. ENASE 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 417. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54092-9_5
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