it is about Requirement Engineering aspects that are used in Agent oriented Software Engineering

2. Scale of observation
 Macro
 Micro
 Meso

3. Macro scale
 where a MAS is conceived as a multitude of
interacting agents, for the overall behavior of the
system
 for this novel ‘‘systemic’’ approaches to software
engineering are needed
 Domain: relates to understanding and controlling the
behaviour of huge software Systems

4. Micro scale
 where the system to be engineered has to rely on
the controllable and predictable behavior of
individual agents, as well as on their mutual
interactions.
 Domain: Engineers involved in the analysis, design,
and development of a MAS
 key engineering challenges:
 Extending traditional software engineering
approaches toward agent-oriented abstractions

5. Meso scale
 The need of predictability and control typical of the
micro scale clashes with the emergence of
phenomena typical of the macro scale
 Domain: applies during the activity of deploying a
micro-scale software system into a pre-existing
macro-scale one

6. MAS architecture vs.
traditional SE architecture

7. Requirement analysis
 RE: Functional and Non-functional
 Using techniques such as :
 Use case
 Feature lists
 Domain model


8. Macroscopic
Requirements
 Global level
 Flow of information at global level
 Testing and verification at macro level
 society of agents

9. Microscopic Requirements
 roles first and then agents
 Locality
 Domain: architecture design and detailed design and
implementation

10. REF
 Challenges and Research Directions in Agent-
Oriented Software Engineering ,FRANCO ZAMBONELLI,
ANDREA OMICINI, 2004
 Methodologies for self-organizing systems: a SPEN
approach, Mariachiara Puviani et al.