Theoretical framework for the conception of agency

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 449-474

  Amigoni, Francesco ^a   Somalvico, Marco ^a   Zanisi, Damiano ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; PETRI NETS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGENCY; DIRECTED HYPERGRAPHS; DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0033132310     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-111X(199905)14:5<449::AID-INT1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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