Mobile software agents - Insect-inspired computing

BT Technology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 129-139

  Marrow, P ^a   Ghanea Hercock, R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA STRUCTURES; SECURITY OF DATA; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INSECT INSPIRED COMPUTING; MOBILE AGENT TEAM SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL INSECTS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 0034430572     PISSN: 13583948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026771012206     Document Type: Article

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