Title :
An enhanced model for agent based requirement gathering and pre-system analysis
Author :
Ranjan, Prabhat ; Misra, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Motilal Nehru Nat. Inst. of Technol., Uttar Pradesh
Abstract :
Agent oriented software development is generally motivated by the need of open and adaptive systems development that continuously change and evolve to meet new requirements. In this paper, we propose an agent-based open and adaptive system development process. The proposed methodology is based on model-based techniques and provides a specific model for the type of information to be gathered and uses this model to drive the user-oriented requirement analysis, specification and system-oriented analysis process. The proposed methodology also reduces the complexity of the software system and provides better quality with better user-satisfaction. The Gaia and ROADMAP models have been used as a fundamental ingredient to the new proposed agent-based modeling method. In the proposed agent-based system, the focus is on a clear separation between the requirement gathering and analysis phases. The scope of the discussion covers requirements gathering and user-oriented analysis phases only and does not touch upon the system analysis and design phases
Keywords :
formal specification; open systems; software agents; software metrics; systems analysis; Gaia model; ROADMAP model; adaptive system development process; agent oriented software development; agent-based open system development; agent-based requirement gathering; agent-based system modeling; model-based technique; presystem analysis; software system; system oriented analysis process; user-oriented requirement analysis; user-oriented specification; Adaptive systems; Computer science; Conferences; Information analysis; Open systems; Performance analysis; Programming; Software engineering; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2006. ECBS 2006. 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Potsdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2546-6
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.2006.24