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Self-organization and adjustable autonomy: Two sides of the same coin?

MICHAEL SCHILLO German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, Saarbrücken, 66123, Germany
Pages 345-359 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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