A statecharts-based software development process for mobile agents

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 907-921

  Fortino, Giancarlo ^a   Russo, Wilma ^a   Zimeo, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design patterns; Frameworks; Java; Mobile agents; Statecharts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

DESIGN PATTERNS; FRAMEWORKS; MOBILE AGENTS; STATECHARTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 3142744692     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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