Conceptual Modelling of Mobile Object Systems: Language Constructs for Distinguishing between Mobile and Stationary Subsystems

Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software and Applications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 144-150

  Ahlbrecht, Peter ^a   Eckstein, Silke ^a   Neumann, Karl ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE OBJECT SYSTEMS;

DATA TRANSFER; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOFTWARE AGENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 0344666710     PISSN: 07303157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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