Visualization and debugging of distributed multiagent systems

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 187-208

  Ndumu, Divine T ^a   Nwana, Hyacinth S ^a   Lee, Lyndon C ^a   Haynes, Haydn R ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFERENCE ENGINES; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; VISUALIZATION;

DISTRIBUTED MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032804027     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: 10876545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088395199117522     Document Type: Article

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