Implementing industrial multi-agent systems using JACKTM

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 3067, Issue , 2004, Pages 18-48

  Evertsz, Rick ^a   Fletcher, Martyn ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Jarvis, Jacquie ^a   Brusey, James ^b   Dance, Sandy ^c  

^a Agent Oriented Software Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORMAL LOGIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; LEGACY SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AGENT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; INTER-AGENT COORDINATION; MULTI-THREADED SOFTWARE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGENT PROGRAMMING; AGENT SYSTEMS; LEGACY CODE; RATIONAL AGENCY; RESPONSIVE MANUFACTURING; TEAM STRUCTURES;

EID: 23144445217     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-25936-7_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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