Evaluation of agent-oriented software methodologies - Examination of the gap between modeling and platform

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3382, Issue , 2005, Pages 126-141

  Sudeikat, Jan ^a   Braubach, Lars ^b   Pokahr, Alexander ^b   Lamersdorf, Winfried ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EVALUATION;

EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; PLATFORMS; QUALITY AGENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 24144436941     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30578-1_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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