Agent-oriented software engineering: a model-driven approach

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 334-369

  Fischer, Klaus ^a   Hahn, Christián ^a   Madrigal Mora, Cristián ^a  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

Author keywords

agent platforms; Agent Oriented Software Engineering; AOSE; MDD; metamodels; model transformations; Model Driven Development; Service Oriented Architectures; SOA

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749103077     PISSN: 17461375     EISSN: 17461383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijaose.2007.016265     Document Type: Article

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