A hybrid multi-agent negotiation protocol supporting agent mobility in virtual enterprises

Information Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Wang, Gong ^a   Wong, T N ^a   Wang, Xiaohuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mobile agent; Multi agent system; Negotiation protocol; Ontology; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

AGENT NEGOTIATIONS; KNOWLEDGE EXPRESSION; MOBILE AGENT MIGRATIONS; MULTIAGENT NEGOTIATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL; NEGOTIATION SCHEMES; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 84905192312     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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