Distributed artificial intelligence for multi-agent problem solving and group learning

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 1991, Pages 13-26

  Shaw, M J ^a   Harrow, B ^a   Herman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC MEETING SYSTEMS; GROUP LEARNING; LEARNING SCHEMES; MULTI-AGENT PROBLEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING SYSTEMS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84913163139     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1991.184035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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