Concurrent collective strategy diffusion of multiagents: The spatial model and case study

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-458

  Jiang, Yichuan ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collective diffusion; Concurrent form; Multiagents; Social strategy; Spatial model; Unification trend

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE DIFFUSION; CONCURRENT FORM; MULTIAGENTS; SOCIAL STRATEGY; SPATIAL MODEL; UNIFICATION TREND;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 67649282756     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2009.2013474     Document Type: Article

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