Situated image understanding in a multiagent framework

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 595-624

  Bianchi, N ^a,e   Bottoni, P ^b,e,f,g   Mussio, P ^b,d   Spinu, C ^c   Garbay, C ^c  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Lab TIMC   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g IEEE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy interpretation; Concurrent execution; Conditional rewriting systems; Image understanding; Metareasoning; Multiagent; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038844393     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021800149800035X     Document Type: Article

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