Communications systems driven by software agent technology

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-347

  Hayzelden, A L G ^a   Bigham, J ^a   Poslad, S J ^b   Buckle, P ^c   Mamdani, E H ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE AGENTS; VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS (PVN);

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034263108     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009430220293     Document Type: Article

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