Letter from the guest editors: Agents organizations: A concise overview

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Sichman, Jaime Simão ^a   Dignum, Virginia ^b   Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

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EID: 70349315973     PISSN: 01046500     EISSN: 16784804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192367     Document Type: Editorial

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