We outline a lightweight architecture to support novel application scenarios for P2P systems. These scenarios include merging and splitting of large networks, or multiplexing rela...
This paper reports on the development of QoSOnt: an ontology for Quality of Service (QoS). Particular focus is given to its application in the field of service-centric systems. Qo...
In this paper, we present techniques for exploiting intermittently available resources in grid infrastructures to support QoS-based multimedia applications on mobile devices. Spec...
Grid computing promises to become the future computing paradigm for enterprise application after having shown to be a quite effective computing paradigm for resource-intensive sci...
Modern distributed applications pose increasing demands for high availability, automatic management, and dynamic conguration of their software systems. This paper presents the ar...