An Agent-holon Oriented Methodology to Build Complex Software Systems

Abstract: In real life, there are a lot of complex processes which have to be automated in order to be more manageable and better controlled. The programmers have to build com-plex software applications which are to serve the complex activities of an organization. The agent-oriented paradigm has developed for the last decade and new techniques of software engineering have been issued, such as the agent-oriented software engineering. In this paper the author presents a study of the methodologies defined to the analysis and design agent-based system and proposes a methodology based on the concepts of agent and holon to build a complex system. One concept is the concept of "holon", considering that any organization has to be viewed according to a holonic structure and the other concept is the concept of "agent", a software entity with some special properties (autonomy, reactivity, social abilities, learning capacity, goal orientation, etc.). The proposed methodology fits the construction of the complex software system with fine granularity