Lock Haven University
Applying Software Engineering to Agent Development
Cohen, Mark A. (Lock Haven University) | Ritter, Frank E. | Haynes, Steven R
Applying Software Engineering to Agent Development
Cohen, Mark A. (Lock Haven University) | Ritter, Frank E. | Haynes, Steven R
Developing intelligent agents and cognitive models is a complex software engineering activity. This article shows how all intelligent agent creation tools can be improved by taking advantage of established software engineering principles such as high-level languages, maintenance-oriented development environments, and software reuse. We describe how these principles have been realized in the Herbal integrated development environment, a collection of tools that allows agent developers to exploit modern software engineering principles.