Multi-agent system: A guiding metaphor for the organization of software development projects

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4687 LNAI, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Cabac, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agents; Guiding metaphors; Leitbild; Metaphor; Multi agent system of developers; Project management; Software development approach; Team organization

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AUTONOMY; GUIDING METAPHOR; PROJECT ORGANIZATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 38049093411     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74949-3_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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