Coordinating distributed decision making using reusable interaction specifications

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

Volumn 1881, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-15

  Barber, K S ^a   Han, D C ^a   Liu, T H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; DECISION MAKING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY;

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; COORDINATION STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; DISTRIBUTED DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 84855380823     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44594-3_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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