Evaluating software engineering techniques for developing complex systems with multiagent approaches

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 494-506

  Garcia, Emilia ^a   Giret, Adriana ^a   Botti, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Methodology; Multiagent systems development tool; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; EVALUATING SOFTWARE; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; FINAL OBJECTIVE; MAS DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTI-AGENT APPROACH; MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TOOL; NUMBER OF METHODS; ON-LINE APPLICATIONS; SERVICE ORIENTED; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEM ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 79952485151     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.12.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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