Erschienen:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2010
Erschienen in:
The Knowledge Engineering Review, 25 (2010) 4, Seite 397-419
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/s026988891000024x
ISSN:
0269-8889;
1469-8005
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AbstractThe role concept represents a useful approach that has been exploited in different agent-based systems, in particular applied to interactions between agents. There are some requirements that are important for the development of agent-based applications using roles, for instance the support for the analysis, the design and the implementation phases. We have considered and compared different role-based proposals in the literature, and this paper presents a survey of the most spread ones. We explain each proposal and point out if and how it meets the identified requirements. Far from deciding the best proposal, our aim is to present the advantages and drawbacks of several proposals to designers and developers, so that they can make the best choice with regard to their needs.