Policy-constrained bio-inspired processes for autonomic route management

Computer Networks

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1666-1682

  Balasubramaniam, Sasitharan ^a   Botvich, Dmitri ^a   Jennings, Brendan ^a   Davy, Steven ^a   Donnelly, William ^a   Strassner, John ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autonomic communications; Autonomic networking; Bio inspired algorithms; Policy based network management; Routing; Survivability

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC COMMUNICATIONS; AUTONOMIC NETWORKING; BIO-INSPIRED ALGORITHMS; POLICY-BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENT; ROUTING; SURVIVABILITY;

AD HOC NETWORKS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

ROUTING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 67349169958     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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