Collective-movement teams for cooperative problem solving

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-235

  Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Reggia, James A ^a  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

CONTROL MECHANISM; PARTICLE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 24044490612     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ica-2005-12302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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