An architecture for exception management in multiagent systems

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-289

  Platon, Eric ^a,b   Sabouret, Nicolas ^a   Honiden, Shinichi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomy engineering; Exception management; MAS; Multiagent Systems

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGENT MODELING; AGENT PARADIGM; AGENT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; MAS ARCHITECTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); SUPPORT DESIGNS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 59849120491     PISSN: 17461375     EISSN: 17461383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAOSE.2008.019420     Document Type: Article

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