Paper Info
Title
On observation as a coordination paradigm: an ontology and a formal framework
Abstract
The observation pattern represents one of the most common and widespread coordination schemata in today complex models and systems, as it emerges from a variety of different research and ap- plication areas. This paper aims first at providing a common onto- logical foundation for the many different models, architectures, and systems supporting the observation pattern, allowing them to be classified and compared despite their seeming diversity. Based on such an ontology, this paper introduces then a coordination frame- work to formally model the observable behaviour (manifestation) of a knowledge source, as well as its interaction with observers. The expressiveness and effectiveness of both the ontology and the coordination framework are put to test by expressing manifestation and observation as they occur within both well-known coordination models and different paradigms like object-oriented languages, ac- tive databases, and agent systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1145/372202.372306
ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
coordination paradigm,formal framework,open systems,interaction,object oriented language
Ontology,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Artificial intelligence,Open system (systems theory),Schema (psychology),Expressivity
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-287-5
13
0.84
References 
Authors
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mirko Viroli12278156.77
G. Moro219216.25
Andrea Omicini33589316.28