A role-based mobile-agent approach to support e-democracy

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-99

  Cabri, Giacomo ^a   Ferrari, Luca ^a   Leonardi, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

E democracy; Mobile agents; Roles; Smart applications

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

E-DEMOCRACY; MOBILE AGENTS; ROLES; SMART APPLICATIONS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 24944503909     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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