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Chemical metaphor

by Zsolt Nemeth last modified Apr 26, 2012 16:02

Definitions

Term:
Chemical metaphor
Domain: Cross-cutting issues
Engineering and Design
(KM-ED)
Adaptation and Monitoring
(KM-AM)
Quality Definition, Negotiation and Assurance
(KM-QA)
Generic
(domain independent)
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Business Process Management
(KM-BPM)




Service Composition and Coordination
(KM-SC)

An abstract model where service requests and service offers are represented as molecules and their bindings are realised by a series of chemical reactions evolving into some defined state [CD-JRA-2.3.4]

Service Infrastructure
(KM-SI)




Generic
(domain independent)



An artificial chemistry is a man-made system which is similar to a real chemical system.  Its application may be considered along three main-dimensions: (1) modeling, (2) information processing, and (3) optimization. [Dittrich et al., 2001]

A chemical metaphor is a programming paradigm where data and procedures are abstracted as molecules and the notion of computation is conceived as chemical reactions [CD-JRA-2.3.4]

 

Competencies

 Extrenal competencies

 

References

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