Title :
Spatial computing and self-organization
Author_Institution :
Modena Univ., Reggio Emilia, Italy
Abstract :
The author discusses the role of "space" in modern distributed computing, and analyze how spatial abstractions promise to be basic necessary ingredients for novel approaches, based on self-organization, to engineer distributed systems.
Keywords :
middleware; spatial data structures; ubiquitous computing; distributed computing; self-organization; spatial abstractions; spatial computing; Ad hoc networks; Application software; Collaborative software; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Engineering management; Extraterrestrial measurements; Physics computing; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2004. WET ICE 2004. 13th IEEE International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Modena, Italy
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2183-5
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.2004.57