Understanding intelligent agents: Analysis and synthesis

AI Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Fox, John ^a   Beveridge, Martin ^a   Glasspool, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent programming; Logic programming; Object oriented programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAME THEORY; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROLOG (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGENT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; BELIEF-DESIRE-INTENTION MODEL; CONVERSATIONAL GAME THEORY; MEDICAL EXPERTISE;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 0346907023     PISSN: 09217126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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