Service Oriented Computing (SOC) is a programming paradigm aiming at characterising Service Networks. Services are entities waiting for clients requests and they often result from ...
Despite many works in CSCW, groupware, workflow systems and social networks, computer support for human-to-human interactions is still insufficient, especially support for agility,...
Abstract— Network service providers contract with network owners for connection rights, then offer individual users network access at a price. Within this hierarchy, the service ...
Abstract—Pervasive vehicle-mounted mobile devices are increasingly common, and can be viewed as a large-scale ad hoc network on which collaborative, location-based services can b...
Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Li-Shiuan Peh, Margaret Mar...
— Grid computing requires network services beyond what is currently provided by the Best-Effort Internet. Among the different approaches towards network Quality of Service, aggre...