Guest editorial: Argumentation in multi-agent systems

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-125

  Rahwan, Iyad ^a,b  

^a THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Communication; Protocols

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144498082     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-005-3079-0     Document Type: Review

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