An agent-based event processing middleware for sensor networks and RFID systems

Computer Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-331

  Bade, Dirk ^a   Lamersdorf, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

event driven architectures; RFID systems; sensor networks; software agents

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; BEST-PRACTICES; DESIGN PARADIGM; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; EVENT-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURES; MIDDLEWARE SYSTEM; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RFID SYSTEMS;

CRYPTOGRAPHY; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 79952129139     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxp103     Document Type: Article

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