Modular representation of agent interaction rules through argumentation

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-206

  Kakas, Antonis ^a   Maudet, Nicolas ^b   Moraitis, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Multi agent systems; Protocols; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144445728     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-005-2176-4     Document Type: Article

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