Artificial societies in a community-based approach to ambient intelligence

Computer Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1152-1168

  Locatelli, Marco P ^a   Loregian, Marco ^a   Vizzari, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ambient intelligence; artifical societies; awareness; coordination

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS; ARTIFICAL SOCIETIES; ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES; AWARENESS; COORDINATION; COORDINATION ARTIFACTS; DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; HIGH-LEVEL FEATURES; SAMPLE SYSTEM; STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT;

MIDDLEWARE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 77957739723     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxp005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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