Be patient and tolerate imprecision: How autonomous agents can coordinate effectively

IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 512-517

  Rustogi, Sudhir K ^a   Singh, Munindar P ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED BEHAVIOR; COORDINATION PROCESS; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; DESIGN RULES; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE;

ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 0005865187     PISSN: 10450823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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