From modeling to simulation of multi-agent systems: An integrated approach and a case study

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 3187, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-227

  Fortino, Giancarlo ^a   Garro, Alfredo ^a   Russo, Wilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTEGRATED CONTROL; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (AOSE); DISTILLED STATECHARTS; ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES; UML; AGENT-BASED SERVICES; DETAILED DESIGN; E-MARKETPLACES; GAIA METHODOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 22944431512     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30082-3_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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