The Struggle for Reuse: Pros and Cons of Generalization in ITEMS and Its Impact on Technology Transition

12th International Conference on Intelligent and Adaptive Systems and Software Engineering 2003, IASSE 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 118-123

  Wagner, Tom ^a   Horling, Bryan ^a   Lesser, Victor ^a   Phelps, John ^a   Guralnik, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTROL COMPONENTS; COORDINATION COMPONENT; GENERALISATION; MULTIAGENT CONTROL; MULTIAGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; RESEARCH APPLICATIONS; REUSE; SCHEDULING AND COORDINATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 22944432921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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