Multidimensional adaptation in MAS organizations

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 622-633

  Alberola, Juan M ^a   Julian, Vicente ^a   Garcia Fornes, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Multiagent systems; Organizations; Performance

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ADAPTATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ADAPTATION; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 84890432451     PISSN: 21682267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2012.2213592     Document Type: Article

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