On the significance of synchroneity in emergent systems

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 300-307

  Campbell, Adam ^a   Wu, Annie S ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Emergent coordination; Simulation; Synchroneity

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; SYNCHRONIZATION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DECISION MAKING PROCEDURE; DISTRIBUTED DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EMERGENT COORDINATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SIMULATION; SYNCHRONEITY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84899823578     PISSN: 15488403     EISSN: 15582914     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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