The scope of application of multi-agent systems in the process industry: Three case studies

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 39-47

  Aldea, A ^a   Banares Alcantara R ^a   Jimenez L ^a   Moreno, A ^a   Martinez J ^a   Riano D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design and re design of processes; Knowledge management; Multi agent systems; Ontologies; Social simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PROCESS INDUSTRY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242658572     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(03)00105-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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