Requirements analysis of agent-based simulation platforms: State of the art and new prospects

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

Volumn 2581, Issue , 2003, Pages 125-141

  Bruno Marietto, Maria ^a   David, Nuno ^a,b   Simão Sichman, Jaime ^a   Coelho, Helder ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE MODELING; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS; SCHEMATIC CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 7044252972     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36483-8_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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