A framework for intelligent agents within effective concurrent design

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 338-343

  Chao, Kuo Ming ^a   James, Anne ^a   Norman, Peter ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LOGIC DESIGN;

MULTIPLE AGENT SYSTEMS (MAS);

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 0036996510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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