A compositional framework for the specification of interaction protocols in multiagent organizations

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-214

  Serrano, Juan Manuel ^a   Ossowski, Sascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent communication languages; FIPA; Interaction protocols; Meta modeling; Multi agent organizations

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; METADATA; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

AGENT COMMUNICATION LANGUAGES; FIPA; INTERACTION PROTOCOLS; META MODELING; MULTI AGENT ORGANIZATIONS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547766533     PISSN: 15701263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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