The web from a complex adaptive systems perspective

Journal of Computer and System Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-145

  Rupert, Maya ^a,b   Rattrout, Amjad ^b   Hassas, Salima ^b  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Multi agent systems; Web; Web content organization

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; WEB CONTENT ORGANIZATION;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 37549026526     PISSN: 00220000     EISSN: 10902724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcss.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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