DIVAs: Illustrating an abstract architecture for agent-environment simulation systems

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-525

  Zalila Mili, R ^a   Steiner, R ^a   Oladimeji, E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent architecture; Agent based simulation; Autonomous agent; Multi agent system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ABSTRACT ARCHITECTURE; AGENT ARCHITECTURES; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; SEPARATION OF CONCERNS; SIMULATION DEVELOPERS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 85006276874     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/mgs-2006-2413     Document Type: Article

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