Reza Basseda - Multi-Agent System Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Eng.,School of Engineering, University of Tehran
Azin moallem - Multi-Agent System Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Eng.,School of Engineering, University of Tehran
Tannaz Alinaghi - Multi-Agent System Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Eng.,School of Engineering, University of Tehran
Fattaneh Taghiyare - Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence, Multi-Agent Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Eng.,School of Engineering, University of Tehran

Several methodologies with their own characteristics have been proposed in the area of agent-oriented software engineering. Consequently, deciding which methodology to select in a specific case is an important issue and it can lead to decrease software development cost and effort. Thus, importance of evaluation of methodologies will be highlighted in choosing the appropriate methodology in the development process of an application. It can also help in developing new methodologies and improving existing ones. In this paper, we are going to provide an evaluation framework of agent oriented methodologies. To demonstrate the usage of the suggested framework, it is applied to evaluate two methodologies (MESSAGE and Prometheus) using a proper example. Results show that, using our method, methodologies can be truly compared and evaluated.

Evaluation of software development methodology, Agent based software development methodology, proper design