A model of delegation for multi-agent systems

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2403, Issue , 2002, Pages 185-204

  Norman, Timothy J ^a   Reed, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; SEMANTICS;

AGENT COMMUNICATION LANGUAGES; COMMUNICATION ACT; DIFFERENT CLASS; LOGICAL SYSTEM; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84942755048     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45634-1_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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