Characterization and evaluation of multi-agent system architectural styles

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3914 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 179-188

  Davidsson, Paul ^a   Johansson, Stefan ^a   Svahnberg, Mikael ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARCHITECTURAL STYLES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 37149016917     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11738817_11     Document Type: Article

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