Software agent technologies

BT Technology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 68-78

  Nwana, H S ^a,b   Wooldridge, M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Research Laboratories

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Mitsubishi Elec Digit Libraries G   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE AGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0030260450     PISSN: 13583948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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