Constraint satisfaction in "conscious" software agents - A practical application

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-514

  Kelemen, Arpad ^a,d   Franklin, Stan ^b   Liang, Yulan ^c  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d 249 Farber Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; PROCESS CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

HIGHLY RANKED OFFICERS; JOBS; PERSONNEL CALLED DETAILERS; SAILORS;

JOB ANALYSIS;

EID: 17844392887     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839510590917870     Document Type: Article

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