Multi-agent simulation of complex heterogeneous models in scientific computing

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-59

  Joshi, Anupam ^a   Drashansky, Tzvetan ^b   Rice, John ^b   Weerawarana, Sanjiva ^b   Houstis, Elias ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based computing; Distributed problem solving; Heterogeneous models; Simulation; Software reuse and evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGENT BASED COMPUTING; LEGACY SOFTWARE REUSE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SCIAGENTS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0031145759     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4754(97)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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