Experiences with behavioural process modelling in FEAST, and some of its practical implications

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2077, Issue , 2001, Pages 47-62

  Lehman, Meir M ^a   Ramil, Juan F ^a   Kahen, Goel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SYSTEM THEORY;

BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING; FEEDBACK-BASED SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE; MULTI-LOOP FEEDBACKS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS MODELLING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84937425770     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45752-6_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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