Bridging the gap: On the collaboration between symbolic interactionism and distributed artificial intelligence in the field of multi-agent systems research

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-463

  Strübing, Jörg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0041193130     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.1998.21.4.441     Document Type: Article

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