The stl++ coordination language: A base for implementing distributed multi-agent applications

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

Volumn 1594, Issue , 1999, Pages 399-414

  Schumacher, Michael ^a   Chantemargue, Fabrice ^a   Hirsbrunncr, Béat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agents; Communication models; Concurrency; Coordination; Distributed systems; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION INTERFACE; COMMUNICATION MODELS; CONCURRENCY; COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTED IMPLEMENTATION; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; MULTI-AGENT APPLICATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84957536963     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-48919-3_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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