Environment in agent-oriented software engineering methodologies

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-57

  Molesini, Ambra ^a   Omicini, Andrea ^b   Viroli, Mirko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent oriented methodology; Agent oriented software engineering; Artifact; Environment; Environment abstraction; Topological abstraction; Workspace

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; AGENT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGY; ARTIFACT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACTION; TOPOLOGICAL ABSTRACTION; WORKSPACE;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85006305758     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2009-0118     Document Type: Article

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