A model driven agent-oriented self-adaptive software development method

Software running in dynamic open environments needs to be able to autonomously adapt to changing contexts, which challenges traditional software development methods. Based on the existing work, we present a model-driven agent-oriented adaptive software development method. During the requirement analysis phase, we extend the Tropos goal model with external context conditions and internal event conditions, which can be utilized to specify adaptive software variations. In the design phase, we present an architecture design method based on model transformations, and provide a solution to map the requirement model to the design model. During the implementation phase, we design an integrated development environment which combines the Jadex platform and the JADE middleware, and propose a detailed implementation process based on the integrated environment.