Agents in overalls: Experiences and issues in the development and deployment of industrial agent-based systems

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-227

  Van Dyke Parunak, H ^a  

^a ERIM International   (United States)

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EID: 0345982691     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0218843000000119     Document Type: Article

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