A formal model of agent-oriented virtual organisations and their formation

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 291-310

  McGinnis, Jarred ^a   Stathis, Kostas ^b   Toni, Francesca ^c  

^a Press Association   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agent societies; contracts; roles; service grids; Virtual organisations; workflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859020264     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2011-0179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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