Tropos: A requirements-driven methodology for agent-oriented software

Agent-Oriented Methodologies

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 20-45

  Giorgini, Paolo ^a   Kolp, Manuel ^b   Mylopoulos, John ^c   Castro, Jaelson ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84899228846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-581-8.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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