Can self-managed systems be trusted? Some views and trends

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-248

  Mccann, Julie A ^a   De Lemos, Rogeŕio ^b   Huebscher, Markus ^a   Rana, Omer F ^c   Wombacher, Andreas ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING SYSTEMS; SELF MANAGED SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION THEORY;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 33750240696     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: 14698005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888906000853     Document Type: Review

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