The agent-rule-class framework for multi-agent systems

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-351

  Xiao, Liang ^a,b   Greer, Des ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Agent oriented software engineering; Business rule; Design model; Object oriented software engineering; Requirements modelling; UML

Indexed keywords

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ADAPTIVITY; AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; BUSINESS RULES; DESIGN MODELING; OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS MODELLING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85006256112     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2006-2403     Document Type: Article

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