<s>
Agent-Oriented	B-Architecture
Software	I-Architecture
Engineering	I-Architecture
(	O
AOSE	B-Architecture
)	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
engineering	O
paradigm	O
that	O
arose	O
to	O
apply	O
best	O
practice	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
complex	O
Multi-Agent	O
Systems	O
(	O
MAS	O
)	O
by	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
agents	O
,	O
and	O
organizations	O
(	O
communities	O
)	O
of	O
agents	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
abstractions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
biologically	O
inspired	O
,	O
pervasive	O
,	O
and	O
autonomic	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
,	O
and	O
necessity	O
of	O
,	O
agent-based	O
technologies	O
and	O
MASs	O
has	O
become	O
obvious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
,	O
current	O
AOSE	B-Architecture
methodologies	O
are	O
dedicated	O
to	O
developing	O
single	O
MASs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiagent	B-Architecture
Systems	I-Architecture
Product	I-Architecture
Lines	I-Architecture
(	O
MAS-PL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
field	O
devoted	O
to	O
combining	O
the	O
two	O
approaches	O
:	O
applying	O
the	O
SPL	O
philosophy	O
for	O
building	O
a	O
MAS	O
.	O
</s>
