Using multi-agent systems and consensus methods for information retrieval in internet

International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-198

  Šliwko, Leszek ^a   Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

consensus methods; multi agent system; searching for information

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349114891     PISSN: 17515858     EISSN: 17515866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIIDS.2007.014949     Document Type: Article

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