Prometheus: A practical agent-oriented methodology

Agent-Oriented Methodologies

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 107-135

  Padgham, Lin ^a   Winikoff, Michael ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84899398938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-581-8.ch005     Document Type: Chapter

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