Open frameworks for information cities

ABSTRACT

Helping mimic full-scale urban environments, this middleware promises to help build a vast ecosystem of e-commerce, collaboration, and social computing, along with access to real-world municipal regulations and services.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.0 General

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.0 General
      C.2.2 Network Protocols
      C.2.3 Network Operations
      C.2.4 Distributed Systems
      C.2.6 Internetworking

  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.0 General
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      D.3.0 General
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.0 General
      D.4.6 Security and Protection

  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.0 General
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.0 General

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.4 Electronic Commerce