Creating a comprehensive agent-oriented methodology: Using method engineering and the OPEN metamodel

Agent-Oriented Methodologies

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 368-397

  Henderson Sellers, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33646160116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-581-8.ch013     Document Type: Chapter

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