With increasing acceptance of agent-based computing, a great deal of new research related to the identification and definition of suitable models, and techniques to support the ...

"The book presents, analyzes and compares the most significant methodological approaches currently available for the creation of agent-oriented software systems"--Provided by ...

Multi-agent systems are already a focus of studies for more than 25 years. Despite substantial effort of an active research community, modeling of multi-agent systems still ...

Summary: "This book investigates the integration of security concerns into software engineering practices, drawing expertise from the security and the software engineering ...

Modern databases and information systems essentially differ from their predecessors. Ontology-based and knowledge-based approaches to system development, UML based IS ...

Interoperability: the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort from the user is a key issue in manufacturing and ...

Many decisions are required throughout the software development process. These decisions, and to some extent the decision-making process itself, can best be documented as the ...

This volume carries the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD). ISD progresses rapidly, continually creating new challenges ...