Architecture modeling and evaluation for design of agent-based system

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-208

  Lee, S K ^a   Hwang, C S ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agent based system; Architecture model; Coordination mechanism; Metric; Organization structure; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; ARCHITECTURE MODEL; COORDINATION MECHANISM; METRICS; ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

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EID: 2342590073     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(03)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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