An introduction to agent technology

BT Technology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 55-67

  Nwana, H S ^a,b   Ndumu, D T ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Research Laboratories

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Open University

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

INTELLIGENT AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0030263343     PISSN: 13583948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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