Modularity in interaction protocols

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2922, Issue , 2004, Pages 291-309

  Vitteau, Benjamin ^a   Huget, Marc Philippe ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; FORMAL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; REUSABILITY;

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES (CPDL); INTERACTION PROTOCOLS; MODULAR ARCHITECTURE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; CONTRACT NET PROTOCOLS; CURRENT INTERACTIONS; INTER-ACTION PROTOCOLS; MICROPROTOCOLS; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; NEW APPROACHES;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 23144436604     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24608-4_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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