The agent systems methodology (ASEME): a preliminary reportThe agent systems methodology (ASEME): a preliminary report Πλήρης Δημοσίευση σε Συνέδριο Conference Full Paper 2015-11-142007enThis paper presents the Agent SystEms MEthodology (ASEME) for developing multi-agent systems. ASEME proposes a modular agent design approach and introduces the concept of intra-agent control. The latter defines the agent’s lifecycle by coordinating the different modules that implement his capabilities. The modeling of the intra-agent control is based on statecharts. The analysis phase builds on the concepts of capability and functionality. ASEME covers all the phases of the software development process and deals with both the individual and societal aspect of the agents. However, in this paper we focus in presenting only the individual agent development process. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Proceedings of the 5th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems Spanoudakis Nikolaos I. Σπανουδάκης Νικόλαος Ι. Moraitis Pavlos Computer software engineering software engineering computer software engineering