Contract Net Protocol for Coordination in Multi-agent System

Proceedings - 2008 2nd International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology Application, IITA 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1052-1058

  Juhua, Wu ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE SELECTIONS; CONTRACT NET PROTOCOLS; COORDINATION PROCESS; FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS; GLOBAL PERFORMANCE; REAL APPLICATIONS; TWO STAGES; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

AGENTS; APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; TAXONOMIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 62949159694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IITA.2008.273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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