First-class protocols for agent-based coordination of scientific instruments

Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 41-46

  Miller, Tim ^a   McBurney, Peter ^a   McGinnis, Jarred ^b   Stathis, Kostas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Interaction protocols; Multi agent systems; Web services

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; INTERACTION PROTOCOLS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; WEB SERVICES;

AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LINGUISTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 51149093725     PISSN: 15244547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WETICE.2007.4407124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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