Distributed quiescence detection in multiagent negotiation

Proceedings - 4th International Conference on MultiAgent Systems, ICMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 317-324

  Wellman, M P ^a   Walsh, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM; DETECTION PROCESS; DETECTION PROTOCOLS; DISTRIBUTED TERMINATION; MULTIAGENT NEGOTIATION; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL; NON-TRIVIAL TASKS; QUIESCENT STATE;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962046017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMAS.2000.858469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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