An Actor-Based Architecture for Customizing and Controlling Agent Ensembles

IEEE Intelligent Systems and Their Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Jamali, Nadeem ^a   Thati, Prasannaa ^a   Agha, Gul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33746811037     PISSN: 10947167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5254.757631     Document Type: Article

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