Construction and evaluation of social agents in hybrid settings: Approach and experimental results of the INKA project

JASSS

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Meister, Martin ^a   Schröter, Kay ^a   Urbig, Diemo ^a   Lettkemann, Eric ^a   Burkhard, Hans Dieter ^a   Rammert, Werner ^a  

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Author keywords

Mixed human agent systems; Negotiation; Roles; Socionics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846785575     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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