Dynamic service matchmaking among agents in open information environments

SIGMOD Record (ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data)

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Sycara, Katia ^a   Klusch, Matthias ^a   Widoff, Seth ^a   Lu, Jianguo ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002551149     PISSN: 01635808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/309844.309895     Document Type: Article

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