On cooperation in multi-agent systems

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-314

  Doran, J E ^a   Franklin, S ^b   Jennings, N R ^c   Norman, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS;

COOPERATION GENERATION PROCESSES (CGP); INTRA AGENT PROCESSING; MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0031224629     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888997003111     Document Type: Article

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