Agent-oriented software engineering: Status and challenges

Jisuanji Yanjiu yu Fazhan/Computer Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1782-1789

  Mao, Xinjun ^a   Chang, Zhiming ^a   Wang, Ji ^a   Wang, Huaimin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent theory and technology; Agent based system; Agent oriented software engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AGENT BASED SYSTEM; AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (AOSE); AGENT TECHNOLOGY; AGENT THEORY; APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; EMERGING FIELD; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH; LEADING FIELD; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LITERATURE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PHILOSOPHY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS; WEB APPLICATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845543149     PISSN: 10001239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/crad20061016     Document Type: Article

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