Ontology for commitments in multiagent systems: toward a unification of normative concepts

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-113

  Singh, Munindar P ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORMAL LOGIC; OPEN SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DEONTIC LOGIC; MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032675444     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008319631231     Document Type: Article

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