The metamodel: A starting point for design processes construction

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-608

  Seidita, Valeria ^a   Cossentino, Massimo ^b,c   Hilaire, Vincent ^c   Gaud, Nicolas ^c   Galland, Stephane ^c   Koukam, Abder ^c   Gaglio, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ICAR CNR   (Italy)

^c SeT Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

design process; Metamodel; multi agent system; situational method engineering

Indexed keywords

AGENT ORIENTED DESIGN; AGENT-ORIENTED; DESIGN PROCESS; META MODEL; SITUATIONAL METHOD ENGINEERING; SKILLED PERSONNEL;

ALGORITHMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77957908378     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194010004785     Document Type: Article

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