Software Agents
Gregor Stiglic,
Mateja Verlic,
Peter Kokol,
Gregor Stiglic
University of Maribor, Laboratory for System Design, Maribor, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorMateja Verlic
University of Maribor, Laboratory for System Design, Maribor, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorPeter Kokol
University of Maribor, Laboratory for System Design, Maribor, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorGregor Stiglic,
Mateja Verlic,
Peter Kokol,
Gregor Stiglic
University of Maribor, Laboratory for System Design, Maribor, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorMateja Verlic
University of Maribor, Laboratory for System Design, Maribor, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorPeter Kokol
University of Maribor, Laboratory for System Design, Maribor, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Software engineering theory, practice, and applications germane to biomedical engineering are presented.
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