Extending database support for coordination among agents

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 315-339

  Berndtsson, Mikael ^a   Chakravathy, Sharma ^b   Lings, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active databases; Coordination protocols; ECA rules; Task sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346638367     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s021884309700015x     Document Type: Article

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