A multi-agent system for the integration of distributed environmental information

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Purvis, M ^a   Cranefield, S ^a   Ward, R ^a   Nowostawski, M ^a   Carter, D ^a   Bush, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Environmental information systems; Information integration

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION SYSTEM;

EID: 0038348580     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00031-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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