Transportable agents are autonomous programs. They can move through a heterogeneous network of computers under their own control, migrating from host to host. They can sense the s...
This case study looks at the issues involved in operating a sophisticated scientific instrument as a computer peripheral accessible over a high-speed network. A custom interactive...
Philip J. Mercurio, T. Todd Elvins, Stephen J. You...
Abstract. This paper presents a methodology for the design of a reconfigurable computing system applied to a complex problem in molecular Biology: the protein folding problem. An e...
Nilton B. Armstrong, Heitor S. Lopes, Carlos R. Er...
Abstract. In this paper, we further develop the idea of combining pervasive computing techniques with electronic payment systems to create activity-based micro-incentives. Economic...
Place geo-ontologies have a key role to play in the development of the geospatial-semantic web, with regard to facilitating the search for geographical information and resources. ...
Alia I. Abdelmoty, Philip D. Smart, Christopher B....