Decision support for ethical problem solving: A multi-agent approach

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1571-1587

  Robbins, Russell W ^a   Wallace, William A ^b  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Ethical problem solving; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BELIEF-DESIRE-INTENTION MODELS; DESCRIPTIVE THEORIES; ETHICAL PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547678139     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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