JADE: A software framework for developing multi-agent applications. Lessons learned

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 10-21

  Bellifemine, Fabio ^a   Caire, Giovanni ^a   Poggi, Agostino ^b   Rimassa, Giovanni ^b  

^a TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Distributed systems; Open source software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION;

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 36549031203     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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