AgentService: A framework to develop distributed multiagent systems

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-323

  Vecchiola, Christian ^a   Grosso, Alberto ^a   Boccalatte, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent oriented software engineering; Distributed systems; Multiagent system design and programming

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT;

AGENT MODELING; DISTRIBUTED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; LANGUAGE EXTENSIONS; MODULAR ENVIRONMENT; MODULAR PLATFORMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650349544     PISSN: 17461375     EISSN: 17461383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAOSE.2008.019421     Document Type: Article

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