Designing and managing evolving systems using a MAS product line approach

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-86

  Peña, Joaquin ^a   Hinchey, Michael G ^b   Resinas, Manuel ^a   Sterritt, Roy ^c   Rash, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise architecture evolution; Multiagent systems product lines; Swarm based systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION; MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS PRODUCT LINES; SWARM-BASED SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947655954     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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