Description-based communication for autonomous agents under ideal conditions

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-135

  Maida, Anthony S ^a   Tang, Shaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent communication; Belief; Descriptions; Reference; Speech acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031541021     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095281397147266     Document Type: Article

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