Organizational models and interaction patterns for use in the analysis and design of multi-agent systems

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-83

  Jiao, Wenpin ^a   Debenham, John ^a   Henderson Sellers, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; INTERACTION PATTERNS; INTERACTION PROTOCOLS; ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 21144438398     PISSN: 15701263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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