Ontology support for agent-based simulation of organizations

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-208

  Dignum, Virginia ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent organizations; Agent based simulation; Ontology development

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTIC; FORMAL REPRESENTATIONS; NOCV1; ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL SIMULATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 85006141284     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2010-0144     Document Type: Article

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