A Language/Action Perspective on cooperative information agents

Accounting, Management and Information Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-59

  Weigand, H ^a   Verharen, E ^a   Dignum, F ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative information systems; Language Action Perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887826854     PISSN: 09598022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8022(98)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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