A framework for task assignment in heterogeneous computing systems is presented in this work. The framework is based on a learning automata model. The proposed model can be used f...
In this paper, we present a framework for achieving anonymity and trust, two seemingly contradictory properties, in distributed systems. Our approach builds on webs of trust, a we...
Michael Backes, Stefan Lorenz, Matteo Maffei, Kim ...
The UML profile for Modeling and Analysis of Real Time and Embedded systems (MARTE) provides a powerful, standardised framework for the specification of non-functional propertie...
The development of realistic topology generators that produce faithful replicas of Internet topologies is critical for conducting realistic simulation studies of Internet protocol...
The idle computers on a local area, campus area, or even wide area network represent a significant computational resource--one that is, however, also unreliable, heterogeneous, an...