Modelling the provenance of data in autonomous systems

Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 255-262

  Miles, Simon ^a   Munroe, Steve ^a   Luck, Michael ^a   Moreau, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent oriented design; Autonomy; Process; Provenance

Indexed keywords

AGENT-ORIENTED DESIGN; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; AUTONOMY; GOAL-ORIENTED; JOB SUBMISSIONS; PROCESS; PROCESS EXECUTIONS; PROVENANCE; SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM SUPPORTS;

AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; INFORMATION SERVICES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 60349118215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1329125.1329185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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