Multi-agent coordination through coalition formation

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

Volumn 1365, Issue , 1998, Pages 143-154

  Shehory, Onn M ^a   Sycara, Katia ^a   Jha, Somesh ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION FILTERING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

COALITION FORMATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL TRACTABILITY; COOPERATION MECHANISM; DECISION SUPPORTS; INFORMATION GATHERING; MULTI-AGENT COORDINATIONS; REAL-WORLD SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 84961318196     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0026756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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