Negotiation within a multi-agent system for the collaborative design of light industrial buildings

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 389-401

  Anumba, C J ^a   Ren, Z ^a   Thorpe, A ^a   Ugwu, O O ^b   Newnham, L ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Touch Clarity Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Multi agent system; Negotiation mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STEEL;

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038823755     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9978(03)00038-3     Document Type: Review

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