Methodologies and tools for intelligent agents in distributed control

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-49

  Maturana, Francisco P ^a   Staron, Raymond J ^a   Hall, Kenwood H ^a  

^a ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT ARCHITECTURE; DECENTRALIZATION; GOAL CENTRICITY; HOMELAND SECURITY PROBLEMS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFERENCE ENGINES; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 14744273041     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2005.13     Document Type: Review

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