An infection-based mechanism for self-adaptation in multi-agent complex networks

Proceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 161-170

  Salazar, Norman ^a   Rodriguez Aguilar, Juan A ^a   Arcos, Josep Ll ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CYBERNETICS;

CENTRALIZED APPROACHES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED MECHANISMS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; GLOBAL KNOWLEDGES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; INTERACTION TOPOLOGIES; MULTI AGENTS; SELF-ADAPTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL CONVENTIONS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 57949088354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SASO.2008.65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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