<s>
INGENIAS	B-Language
(	O
Engineering	O
for	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Agents	I-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
for	O
the	O
analysis	O
,	O
design	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
multi-agent	O
systems	O
(	O
MAS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adopts	O
since	O
its	O
inception	O
a	O
model-driven	B-Language
engineering	I-Language
(	O
MDE	O
)	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Model-driven	B-Language
engineering	I-Language
(	O
MDE	O
)	O
organizes	O
developments	O
around	O
the	O
specification	O
of	O
systems	O
through	O
models	O
that	O
are	O
automatically	O
transformed	O
to	O
generate	O
other	O
artifacts	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
code	O
,	O
tests	O
,	O
or	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
INGENIAS	B-Language
follows	O
these	O
principles	O
specifying	O
the	O
MAS	O
meta-models	O
that	O
define	O
its	O
modeling	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
allow	O
generating	B-Application
automatically	I-Application
its	O
development	O
tools	O
distributed	O
as	O
the	O
INGENIAS	B-Language
Development	O
Kit	O
(	O
IDK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
INGENME	O
framework	O
,	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
INGENIAS	B-Language
research	O
line	O
,	O
supports	O
this	O
automated	O
development	O
from	O
meta-models	O
of	O
model	O
editors	O
,	O
modules	O
for	O
checking	O
and	O
validation	O
,	O
and	O
generators	O
for	O
code	O
,	O
tests	O
,	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
INGENIAS	B-Language
approach	O
based	O
on	O
MDE	O
supports	O
research	O
in	O
different	O
areas	O
characterized	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
modeling	B-Language
languages	I-Language
and	O
requiring	O
flexibility	O
to	O
adapt	O
these	O
to	O
new	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
very	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Agents	I-General_Concept
and	O
Agent-based	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agent	B-General_Concept
paradigm	I-General_Concept
uses	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
agent	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
to	O
develop	O
complex	O
software	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
context	O
,	O
INGENIAS	B-Language
emerged	O
as	O
an	O
integrative	O
approach	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
simultaneous	O
use	O
of	O
different	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
use	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
facilities	O
to	O
develop	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
modeling	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
flexibility	O
has	O
facilitated	O
that	O
INGENIAS	B-Language
addressed	O
new	O
extensions	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
INGENIAS	B-Language
development	O
process	O
has	O
been	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
processes	O
of	O
agent-oriented	O
methodologies	O
in	O
having	O
their	O
development	O
process	O
formally	O
specified	O
with	O
SPEM	B-Application
,	O
a	O
language	O
of	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
work	O
adopts	O
the	O
Activity	O
Theory	O
framework	O
from	O
Social	O
Sciences	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
modeling	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
requirements	O
with	O
a	O
holistic	O
perspective	O
of	O
organizations	O
and	O
their	O
systems	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
several	O
semi-automated	O
processes	O
for	O
the	O
elicitation	O
and	O
validation	O
of	O
these	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
continuous	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
INGENIAS	B-Language
modeling	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
the	O
tools	O
for	O
its	O
application	O
have	O
made	O
of	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
methodologies	O
in	O
the	O
literature	O
and	O
actually	O
applied	O
by	O
researchers	O
and	O
engineers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
repeatedly	O
included	O
in	O
relevant	O
surveys	O
and	O
comparisons	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
(	O
according	O
to	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
,	O
Elsevier	O
's	O
Scopus	B-Library
and	O
Thomson	O
ISI	O
's	O
Web	B-Library
of	I-Library
Knowledge	I-Library
)	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Brian	O
Henderson-Sellers	O
and	O
Paolo	O
Giorgini	O
(	O
2005	O
)	O
or	O
Beydoun	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
INGENIAS	B-Language
gained	O
the	O
best	O
demo	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
AAMAS	B-General_Concept
2008	O
celebrated	O
in	O
Estoril	O
(	O
Portugal	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
