MA-UML: A conceptual approach for mobile agents' modelling

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 277-305

  Hachicha, Heĺa ^a   Loukil, Adlèn ^a   Ghédira, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Agent UML; Mobile agent; Mobile agents' modelling; UML; UML profile; Unified modelling language

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; LINGUISTICS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGENT UML; ANALYSIS AND DESIGNS; APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; NEW DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; UML; UML PROFILE; UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 62349122065     PISSN: 17461375     EISSN: 17461383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAOSE.2009.023640     Document Type: Article

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