Simulation-driven development of multi-agent systems

4th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2006, ISC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-24

  Fortino, Giancarlo ^a   Garro, Alfredo ^a   Russo, Wilma ^a   Caico, Roberto ^b   Cossentino, Massimo ^b   Termine, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent oriented software engineering; Discrete event simulation; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MAS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84898480148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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