An evaluation framework for MAS modeling languages based on metamodel metrics

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5386, Issue , 2009, Pages 257-271

  García Magariño, Iván ^a   Gómez Sanz, Jorge J ^a   Fuentes Fernández, Rubén ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Metamodel; Metric; Modeling language; Multi agent system

Indexed keywords

AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EVALUATION; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; METAMODEL; METRIC; MODELING LANGUAGE; MODELING LANGUAGES; PROBLEM DOMAIN; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; LINGUISTICS; METRIC SYSTEM; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67649911233     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01338-6_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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