Towards a paradigm change in computer science and software engineering: A synthesis

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-342

  Zambonelli, Franco ^a   Van Dyke Parunak, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATA THEORY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ICT TECHNOLOGIES; INTERCONNECTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS; USER-DIRECTED MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 6344287245     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888904000104     Document Type: Article

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