Towards a theory of delegation for agent-based systems

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 141-157

  Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^a   Falcone, Rino ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Cooperation; Delegation; Help; Multi agent plan; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

DELEGATION THEORY; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032154114     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(98)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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