Agent-Based Control Systems

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 61-73

  Bussmann, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGENT BASED CONTROL SYSTEM; AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037701292     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2003.1200249     Document Type: Article

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