A methodology for the development of multi-agent systems using the JADE platform

Computer Systems Science and Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-116

  Nikraz, Magid ^a   Caire, Giovanni ^b   Bahri, Parisa A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent; Analysis; Design; Methodology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIO; JADE PLATFORMS; METHODOLOGY; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM DESIGNERS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646355417     PISSN: 02676192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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