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International Conference on Coordination Languages and Models

COORDINATION 1996: Coordination Languages and Models pp 267–284Cite as

Designing a coordination model for open systems

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Coordination models for closed concurrent systems like Linda and Gamma have been well established during the last few years. Closed systems typically are planned ahead and consist only of active components the behaviour of which is known in advance. In contrast, open systems are inherently heterogeneous and dynamically change their configuration over time. Models for coordinating software agents in open systems must therefore be able to cope with constantly changing configurations and new, unknown kinds of agents. In this paper, we identify the requirements of open systems with respect to coordination models and develop a coordination model suitable for these purposes.

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Kielmann, T. (1996). Designing a coordination model for open systems. In: Ciancarini, P., Hankin, C. (eds) Coordination Languages and Models. COORDINATION 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61052-9_51

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