Autonomic communication services: A new challenge for software agents

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-475

  Quitadamo, Raffaele ^a   Zambonelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic communication services; Multi Agent Systems; Self adaptation; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949093525     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-008-9054-9     Document Type: Article

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