[agents] ACM SAC 2009 - Special Track on AOSE Methodologies and Processes

[Ambra Molesini]

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                   CALL FOR PAPER

    AOMP: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies and Processes
        Track of the 24th Edition ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
            Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,  March 8 -12, 2009

         http://www.apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/AOMP/

           http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2009/

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AOSE methodologies have been studied since 2000. 
Traditionally the focus was only onto one of the 
methodologies’characteristics: workproducts. 
Investigations on another fundamental 
characteristic – the process - have been proposed 
only recently. The aims of this track are the 
deeper investigations of AOSE methodologies and 
their underpinned processes. The investigation 
has started from the idea that an ideal 
general-purpose AOSE methodology and an ideal 
general-purpose AOSE process do not exist. The 
AOSE methodologies proposed in literature in the 
last years typically are special purpose 
methodologies with the aim of engineering 
specific kinds of complex system, and no general 
purpose AOSE methodology was proposed.  Now there 
is the need to build new methodologies for new 
kinds of applications domain (like for example 
the self-* domain), but the constructions of a 
new methodology from scratch is a very complex 
and time-consuming task. So, the reuse of 
portions of well-tested and well-known 
methodologies has become very important. 
Moreover, key factors for the success of new 
methodologies can often be found in the clear 
definition of their scope, in the identification 
of a precise application and development context 
and in the adoption of a proper formalisation of 
the approach.  In this track we aim at studying 
all the elements that affect the construction of 
a new design process from the features it aims to 
exhibit to the final evaluation of the result 
also including adopted modelling languages, techniques and specific methods.


TOPICS OF INTEREST
The list of most relevant topics includes, but it is not limited to:

* Methodologies for agent-oriented analysis and design
* Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
* Design of software development processes
* Situational Method Engineering techniques for AOSE design processes
* Relationships between MAS meta-models and their relative AOSE methodologies
* Relationships between AOSE processes and the 
other traditional processes (e.g. OO)
* Relationship between AOSE methodologies (processes) and MAS Infrastructures
* Meta-modelling techniques
* Software development process models
* Fragment definitions and descriptions
* Integration of  agent-oriented methodologies and processes
* Approaches for AOSE  methodologies: design 
patterns, components, and architectures
* MAS Product Lines
* Supporting tools for AOSE methodologies/processes construction and enactment
* Standardisation for AOSE methodologies and processes
* Self-* approaches in AOSE methodologies and processes



Important Dates:
Aug. 16, 2008 (strict): Paper submissions
Oct. 11, 2008: Author notification
Oct. 25, 2008: Camera-Ready Copy


Paper Publication
All papers will be fully refereed and undergo a 
blind review process by at least three referees. 
The conference proceedings will be published by 
ACM. Hence, all accepted papers should be 
submitted in ACM 2-column camera-ready format for 
publication in the symposium proceedings. Authors 
are allowed up to 8 pages according to the 
template, but more than 5 pages in the camera 
ready will be charged with 80USD per extra page. 
Please follow the rules in the web site.


Organising Committee:
Massimo Cossentino, Italy
Ambra Molesini, Italy
Andrea Omicini, Italy
Valeria Seidita, Italy




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  Dott. Ing. Ambra Molesini, 
Ph.D 

  Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
  DEIS - Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna (I)
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