Using fuzzy logic and Q-learning for trust modeling in multi-agent systems

2014 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 59-66

  Aref, Abdullah ^a   Tran, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FUZZY LOGIC; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

DYNAMIC CHANGES; Q-LEARNING; TRUST MODELING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84912099044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.15439/2014F482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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