SmartCon: a context-aware service discovery and selection mechanism using Artificial Neural Networks

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 144-156

  Al Masri, Eyhab ^a   Mahmoud, Qusay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANN; Artificial Neural Networks; back propagation; CC PP; Composite Capabilities Preference Profiles; mobile services; service discovery; service selection; software agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960305628     PISSN: 17408865     EISSN: 17408873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISTA.2009.022693     Document Type: Article

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