Virtual knowledge: bistable reality and the solution of ill-defined problems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-124

  Lawless, W R ^a   Castelão, Teresa ^b   Ballas, James ^c  

^a PAINE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

AIR COMBAT; BISTABLE REALITY; INTERACTION UNCERTAINTY; SOCIAL STATICS; VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0033751864     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5326.827482     Document Type: Article

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