Agent-Based Software Development

This unique new reference offers you the most thorough and comprehensive explanation of the methods, tools, standards and techniques used to develop software using the agent-oriented approach. Meeting a long unmet need to support the agent-software development community with education on concepts underlying agents, and what is necessary for commercial development and deployment, the book enables you to understand the issues in developing agent-based software, knowledgeably select tools and techniques to aid in the development of agent systems, and become familiar with important methodologies that can be used to build different types of agent systems.