A design complexity evaluation framework for agent-based system engineering methodologies

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3071, Issue , 2004, Pages 258-274

  Karageorgos, Anthony ^a   Mehandjiev, Nikolay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE AGENTS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; DESIGN COMPLEXITY; ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; EVALUATION RESULTS; LOGISTICS SERVICES; SOFTWARE ARTEFACTS; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 26444501981     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-25946-6_17     Document Type: Review

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