A component-based middleware platform for reconfigurable service-oriented architectures

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 559-583

  Seinturier, Lionel ^a   Merle, Philippe ^a   Rouvoy, Romain ^a   Romero, Daniel ^a   Schiavoni, Valerio ^b   Stefani, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b INRIA RHÔNE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

component; middleware; reconfiguration; SCA; SOA

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT; COMPONENT ARCHITECTURES; COMPONENT BASED; COMPONENT BASED DESIGN; COMPONENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE; CONFIGURABILITY; DESCRIPTORS; DYNAMIC RE-CONFIGURATION; EXTENSION CAPABILITIES; KEY FEATURE; MIDDLEWARE PLATFORMS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURATION; RUNTIME MANAGEMENT; RUNTIMES; SCA; SMART HOMES; SOA; TUSCANY;

ARCHITECTURE; AUTOMATION; BENCHMARKING; DYNAMIC MODELS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MIDDLEWARE; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES;

EID: 84859442199     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.1077     Document Type: Article

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