On the design of emergent systems: An investigation of integration and interoperability issues

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-393

  Valckenaers, Paul ^a   Van Brussel, Hendrik ^a   Hadeli, ^a   Bochmann, Olaf ^a   Germain, Bart Saint ^a   Zamfirescu, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constraints; Coordination; Design principles; Emergent systems; Integration; Intelligent manufacturing systems; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; INTEROPERABILITY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EMERGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0141569712     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(03)00080-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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