The RAPPID Project: Symbiosis between Industrial Requirements and MAS Research

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-140

  Parunak, H V D ^a   Sauter, J ^a   Fleischer, M ^a   Ward, A ^b  

^a ERIM International   (United States)

^b Ward Synthesis   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent behavior; Human computer integration; Least commitment negotiation; Manufacturing design; Market based coordination; Set based design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042079543     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010039424126     Document Type: Article

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