Ontology development for agent-based collaborative design

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-224

  Ugwu, O O ^a   Anumba, C J ^a   Thorpe, A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Knowledge acquisition; Multi agent systems; Ontology development; Portal frames; Protocol analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993053310     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021183     Document Type: Review

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