@inbook{sellers05, author = "Iglesias, Carlos A. and Garijo, Mercedes", abstract = "This chapter introduces the main concepts of the methodology MAS-CommonKADS that extends object-oriented and knowledge engineering techniques for the conceptualisation of multi-agent systems. MAS-CommonKADS defines a set of models (Agent Model, Task Model, Expertise Model, Coordination Model, Communication Model, Organisation Model, and Design Model) that together provide a model of the problem to be solved. Each of the components of the model is a generic component for the sake of reusability. Readers familiar with object-oriented analysis will find it easy to apply most of the techniques of MAS-CommonKADS in the development of multi-agent systems and will be introduced to the application of knowledge engineering techniques for specifying the knowledge of the agents.", chapter = "The Agent-", doi = "10.4018/978-1-59140-581-8.ch003", editor = "Brian Henderson-Sellers and Paolo Giorgini", isbn = "9781591405818", keywords = "agent;methodology", pages = "46-78", publisher = "IGI Global", title = "{A}gent {O}riented {M}ethodologies", url = "http://www.igi-global.com/book/agent-oriented-methodologies/62", year = "2005", }