Agent alliance formation using ART-networks as agent belief models

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-448

  Jiang, Ping ^a   Mair, Quentin ^b   Feng, Zu Ren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ART network; Belief model; Multi agent; Virtual organisation

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTIC WEB; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY; BELIEF MODELS; HUMAN SOCIETIES; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547654191     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-007-0032-x     Document Type: Article

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