Ontology-driven coordination model for multiagent-based mobile workforce brokering systems

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 768-787

  Mousavi, Arash ^a   Nordin, M Jan ^a   Othman, Zulaiha Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dynamic coordination; Mobile workforce brokering system; Mobile workforce management system; Multi agent systems; Ontology

Indexed keywords

ONTOLOGY;

COORDINATING ACTIVITIES; COORDINATION MECHANISMS; COORDINATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC COORDINATION; MOBILE WORKFORCE; MOBILE WORKFORCE MANAGEMENTS; ONTOLOGICAL APPROACH; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85028108533     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-011-0294-z     Document Type: Article

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