The MACODO middleware for context-driven dynamic agent organizations

ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Weyns, Danny ^a   Haesevoets, Robrecht ^a   Helleboogh, Alexander ^a   Holvoet, Tom ^a   Joosen, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Context; Middleware; Organization; Role; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPERS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPLEX TASK; CONTEXT; DISTRIBUTED MIDDLEWARE; DISTRIBUTED MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC AGENTS; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION; GLOBAL CONTROL; GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT; MIDDLEWARE ARCHITECTURE; MIDDLEWARE PLATFORMS; ORGANIZATION MODEL; REUSABLE SERVICES; TRAFFIC MONITORING;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE; MIDDLEWARE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77949819560     PISSN: 15564665     EISSN: 15564703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1671948.1671951     Document Type: Article

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