Using intelligent agent templates for dynamic structuring of distributed computer control systems

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-343

  Stothert, A ^b   MacLeod, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Distributed computer control; Dynamic structuring; Fault tolerance; Intelligent agent

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC STRUCTURING; INTELLIGENT AGENT TEMPLATES;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031199378     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0952-1976(97)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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