Constraint-based support for negotiation in collaborative design

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-280

  Lottaz, C ^a   Smith, I F C ^a   Robert Nicoud, Y ^a   Faltings, B V ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE;

CONSTRAINT-BASED SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0034217342     PISSN: 09541810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-1810(00)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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