Role of acquaintance models in agent's private and semi-private knowledge disclosure

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-271

  Pěchouček, Michal ^a   Mařík, Vladimír ^a   Bárta, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agents; Alliances; Coalition formation; Private semi private knowledge

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

ALLIANCES; COALITION FORMATION; DECISION MAKING MODELS; PRIVATE/SEMI-PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745917055     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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