Anytime coalition structure generation in multi-agent systems with positive or negative externalities

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  • Talal Rahwan
  • Tomasz P. Michalak
  • Michael Wooldridge
  • Nicholas R. Jennings
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Article history: Received 2 February 2011 Received in revised form 29 October 2011 Accepted 17 March 2012 Available online 29 March 2012

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Artif. Intell.

دوره 186  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012