Agent technology in communications systems: An overview

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-375

  Hayzelden, Alex L G ^a   Bigham, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOFTWARE AGENTS; USER INTERFACES;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM); VALUE ADDED SERVICES (VAS);

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0346251723     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888999003057     Document Type: Article

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