Exploiting runtime bytecode manipulation to add roles to Java agents

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-98

  Cabri, Giacomo ^a   Ferrari, Luca ^a   Leonardi, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic bytecode modification; Interactions; Java agents; Roles

Indexed keywords

BYTECODE MODIFICATIONS; DYNAMIC BYTECODES; INTERACTIONS; JAVA AGENTS; ROLES; RUNTIME BYTECODES;

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 7544231850     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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