This article studies disruption tolerant networks (DTNs) where each node knows the probabilistic distribution of contacts with other nodes. It proposes a framework that allows one ...
The secure multi-party computation (SMC) model provides means for balancing the use and confidentiality of distributed data. Increasing security concerns have led to a surge in w...
In this paper, we propose an agent-centric approach to resource description and selection in a multiagent information retrieval (IR). In the multiagent system, each agent learns f...
Participatory search can be defined as a search service framework where each participant takes care of gathering information and contributing indexes to a central location where t...
Giuseppe Attardi, Andrea Esuli, Lucian Hancu, Mari...
: We describe QoSDREAM, a middleware framework for the construction and management of context-aware multimedia applications. The contributions of QoSDREAM include (1) a novel appro...