What agent middleware can (and should) do for you

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 16, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 677-698

  Poggi, A ^a   Rimassa, G ^a   Turci, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MIDDLEWARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDIZATION;

AGENT MIDDLEWARE; AGENT TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 0036819447     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839510290030444     Document Type: Article

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