Agent interaction for bioinformatics data management

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 917-947

  Bryson, K ^a   Luck, M ^b   Joy, M ^a   Jones, D T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGENT INTERACTION; BIOINFORMATICS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0242291751     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088395101753242688     Document Type: Article

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