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Data integration, in the context of the web, faces new problems, due in particular to the heterogeneity of sources, to the fragmentation of the information and to the absence of a unique way to structure, and view information. In such areas, the traditional paradigms on which database foundations are based (i.e. client/server architecture, few sources containing large information) have to be overcome by new architectures. In this paper we propose a layered P2P architecture for mediator systems. Peers are information nodes which are coordinated by a multi-agent system in order to allow distributed query processing.
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Bergamaschi, S., Fillottrani, P.R., Gelati, G. (2005). The SEWASIE Multi-agent System. In: Moro, G., Bergamaschi, S., Aberer, K. (eds) Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing. AP2PC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3601. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11574781_11
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