Author :
Huhns, Michael N. ; Holderfield, Vance T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
Agents offer a convenient level of granularity at which to add redundancy a key factor in developing robust software. Blindly adding code introduces more errors, makes the system more complex, and renders it harder to understand. However, adding more code can make software better, if it is added in the right way. As this article describes, the key concepts appear to be redundancy and the appropriate granularity
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; redundancy; software agents; software fault tolerance; agent technology; appropriate granularity; redundancy; robust software; robustness; software engineering; trusted autonomy; trustworthy systems; Bridges; Capacitive sensors; Error correction; Error correction codes; Internet; Redundancy; Robustness; Software systems; Steel; Stress;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.991447
