Deriving ontologies using multi-agent systems

WSEAS Transactions on Computers

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-826

  Iordan, Victoria ^a   Naaji, Antoanela ^b   Cicortas, Alexandru ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b VASILE GOLDIS WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF ARAD   (Romania)

Author keywords

Competence description; Multi agent systems; Ontology

Indexed keywords

ONTOLOGY;

AGENT INTERACTION; APPROPRIATE MODELS; BASIC CONDITIONS; COMPETENCE DESCRIPTION; MULTI AGENT; SYSTEM AGENTS; SYSTEMS INTERACTION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 48749088487     PISSN: 11092750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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