Experiences with recombinant computing: Exploring ad hoc interoperability in evolving digital networks

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Edwards, W Keith ^a,d   Newman, Mark W ^b   Sedivy, Jana Z ^c   Smith, Trevor F ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery; Infrastructure; Interoperability; Mobile code; Obje; Recombinant computing; Speakeasy; Ubiquitous computing; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

DISCOVERY; INFRASTRUCTURE; MOBILE CODE; OBJE; RECOMBINANT COMPUTING; SPEAKEASY;

AD HOC NETWORKS; INTEROPERABILITY; SEMANTICS; USER INTERFACES;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 67949104808     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1502800.1502803     Document Type: Article

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