A single function agent framework for task decomposition and conflict negotiation

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Sreeram, R T ^a   Chawdhry, P K ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; COLLABORATIVE WORK; COMMUNICATIVE ACTIONS; CONFLICT NEGOTIATION; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; INTER-AGENT COMMUNICATIONS; TASK DECOMPOSITION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0347551136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DFM-5748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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