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The SODA Methodology: Meta-model and Process Documentation

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The SODA methodology deals with MAS analysis and design, and focuses on critical issues such as agent coordination and MAS-environment interaction. After its first formulation, in order to further meet the needs of complex MAS engineering, SODA was extended to embody both the layering principle and the Agents & Artifacts (A&A) meta-model. As a result, both the SODA meta-model and the SODA process were re-defined, also to include two new phases—Requirement Analysis and Architectural Design. This chapter is then devoted to the documentation of the complete SODA process according to the FIPA standard.

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This work was supported by the EU-FP7-FET Proactive project SAPERE—Self-aware Pervasive Service Ecosystems under contract no. 256873.

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  1. DISI, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, Italy

    Ambra Molesini

  2. DISI, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Via Sacchi 3, 47521, Cesena, Italy

    Andrea Omicini

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  1. ICAR-CNR, Palermo, Italy

    Massimo Cossentino

  2. University of Technology of Belfort Montbéliard, Belfort cedex, France

    Vincent Hilaire

  3. Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Ambra Molesini

  4. DICGIM, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Valeria Seidita

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Molesini, A., Omicini, A. (2014). The SODA Methodology: Meta-model and Process Documentation. In: Cossentino, M., Hilaire, V., Molesini, A., Seidita, V. (eds) Handbook on Agent-Oriented Design Processes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39975-6_13

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