Towards a next-generation AOSE methodology

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 684-694

  Dam, Hoa Khanh ^a   Winikoff, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agent oriented software engineering; Methodology standardisation

Indexed keywords

AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; OBJECT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84875712026     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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