Requirements elicitation and analysis of multiagent systems using activity theory

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-298

  Fuentes Fernandez, Rubén ^a   Gomez Sanz, Jorge J ^a   Pavon, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity theory (AT); Agent oriented software engineering (AOSE); Conflict solution; Requirements analysis; Requirements elicitation; Social aspects in systems engineering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ACTIVITY THEORY (AT); AGENT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (AOSE); CONFLICT SOLUTION; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 62149121681     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.2010747     Document Type: Article

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