Extending objects to model agents: A collaborative group design framework using the agent UML extension

Collaborative Geographic Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 121-133

  Balram, Shivanand ^a   Dragićević, Suzana ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 44249114561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-845-1.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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