SoSAA: A Framework for Integrating Components and Agents
Mauro Dragone, David Lillis, Rem W. Collier and G. M. P. O'Hare
In Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pages 722--728, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Mar. 2009. ACM.
Abstract
Modern computing systems require powerful software frameworks to ease their development and manage their complexity. These issues are addressed within both Component-Based Software Engineering and Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, although few integrated solutions exist. This paper discusses a novel integration strategy, which builds upon both paradigms to address their shortcomings while leveraging their different characteristics to define a complete software framework.