A multi-agent based infrastructure to support virtual communities in elderly care

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-266

  Camarinha Matos, Luis M ^a   Afsarmanesh, Hamideh ^b  

^a UNINOVA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multiagent systems; Virtual community; Virtual organisation

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELEVISION; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ELDERLY CARE; SAFE COMMUNICATIONS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342665421     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2004.005490     Document Type: Article

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