The development of a multi-agent based middleware for RFID asset management system using the PASSI methodology

ITNG 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1042-1048

  Massawe, Libe V ^a   Aghdasi, Farhad ^a   Kinyua, Johnson ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asset management; Data management; Middleware; Multi agent systems; RFID

Indexed keywords

AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AUDIT PROCESS; AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERROR PRONES; MULTI-AGENT; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS FOR AGENT SOCIETIES SPECIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RFID SYSTEMS; RFID TECHNOLOGY; TRACKING OBJECTS;

AUTOMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLEWARE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SECURITY OF DATA; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ASSET MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951129269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITNG.2009.230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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