Intelligent agents for ATM network control and resource management: Experiences and results from an implementation on a network testbed

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-395

  Vayias, E ^a   Soldatos, J ^a,d   Bigham, J ^b   Cuthbert, L ^b,c   Luo, Z ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Telecoms Research Group

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INTERFACES (COMPUTER); SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE;

EID: 0034265947     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009434321202     Document Type: Article

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