Activity theory as a framework for MAS coordination

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2577, Issue , 2003, Pages 96-110

  Ricci, Alessandro ^a   Omicini, Andrea ^a   Denti, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COST ACCOUNTING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY THEORY; COORDINATION ARTIFACTS; DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (DAI); SOCIAL LAWS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; COORDINATION ARTIFACTS; COORDINATION LEVELS; COORDINATION MODELS AND LANGUAGES; DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; OBJECTIVE APPROACHES; SUBJECTIVE COORDINATION;

EID: 7044221924     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-39173-8_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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