Specifying the intertwining of cooperation and autonomy in agent-based systems

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1196-1215

  Weiß, Gerhard ^a   Nickles, Matthias ^a   Rovatsos, Michael ^b   Fischer, Felix ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Control; Cooperation; Intelligent agents; Multiagent systems; RNS2

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AUTONOMY; COOPERATION; INTERTWINING; SOCIAL ROLE THEORY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947637927     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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