Exploiting agents in e-learning and skills management context

AI Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-154

  Garro, Alfredo ^a   Palopoli, Luigi ^a   Ricca, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

E learning; Enterprise Knowledge Management; Skill management; Software agents

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COMPETENCE GAPS; DISJUNCTIVE LOGIC PROGRAMMING SYSTEM; E-LEARNING; ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SKILL MANAGEMENT; SKILL MAP;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33744927912     PISSN: 09217126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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