—In Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), service brokers could find many service providers which offer same function with different quality of service (QoS). Under this condition...
Ad hoc and peer-to-peer (P2P) computing paradigms pose a number of security challenges. The deployment of classic security protocols to provide services such as node authentication...
Esther Palomar, Almudena Alcaide, Juan M. Est&eacu...
This paper addresses a problem in supply chain management that how scarce resources can be efficiently allocated among competing interests. We present a formal model of allocation...
The bullwhip effect is the amplification of the order variability in a supply chain. This phenomenon causes important financial cost due to higher inventory levels and agility r...
Thierry Moyaux, Brahim Chaib-draa, Sophie D'Amours
In this paper we study the mechanism design problem of coalition formation and cost sharing in an electronic marketplace, where buyers can form coalitions to take advantage of dis...