Computational institutions for modelling norm-regulated MAS: An approach based on coordination artifacts

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3913 LNAI, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-141

  Rubino, Rossella ^a   Omicini, Andrea ^b   Denti, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGENT AUTONOMY; COMPUTATIONAL INSTITUTION; NORMATIVE AGENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746097439     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11775331_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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