Future directions for agent-based software engineering

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-410

  Winikoff, Michael ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agent based software engineering; Future directions; Goals; Integrating approaches; Position statement; Verification and validation

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; GOALS; INTEGRATING APPROACHES; POSITION STATEMENT; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; VERIFICATION;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 66349103311     PISSN: 17461375     EISSN: 17461383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAOSE.2009.025319     Document Type: Review

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