Agens Faber: Toward a Theory of Artefacts for MAS

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 150, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 21-36

  Omicini, Andrea ^a   Ricci, Alessandro ^a   Viroli, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity Theory; Agent Intelligence; Artefacts for MAS; Multi Agent Systems; Tools

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; SOFTWARE AGENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVITY THEORY; AGENT INTELLIGENCE; ARTEFACTS FOR MAS; HUMAN INTELLIGENCE;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646702626     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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