Argumentative agents

Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT 2010

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 223-229

  Toni, Francesca ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGREEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; DECISION SUPPORTS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 79551545988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/imcsit.2010.5680035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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