A technique fordefining agent-oriented engineering processes with tool support

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 432-444

  Fuentes Fernández, Rubén ^a   García Magariño, Iván ^a   Gómez Rodríguez, Alma María ^b   González Moreno, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent oriented engineering; Model driven development; Multi agent system; Process engineering; Software systems process engineering metamodel

Indexed keywords

AGENT-ORIENTED; AGENT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGY; AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENGINEERING MODELS; ENGINEERING PROCESS; INGENIAS METHODOLOGY; META MODEL; ORTHOGONAL VIEWS; TOOL SUPPORT;

ENGINEERING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 77049086548     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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