Knowledge and experience reuse through communication among competent (peer) agents

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-341

  Martín, Francisco J ^a   Plaza, Enric ^a   Arcos, Josep Lluís ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0012758347     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194099000206     Document Type: Article

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