Normative communication models for agent error messages

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-305

  Elio, Renée ^a   Petrinjak, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent communication; Agent based software engineering; Communication errors; Cooperative problem solving; Interaction protocols

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444507988     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-004-0555-x     Document Type: Review

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