Distributed Computing, the exploitation of idle cycles on pervasive desktop PC systems offers the opportunity to increase the available computing power by orders of magnitude (10x...
There are a variety of well-known models for access control developed for purposes like formally modeling the access rights on files, databases, and web resources. However, the ex...
Carl A. Gunter, Michael J. May, Stuart G. Stubbleb...
A number of recent scams and security attacks (phishing, spyware, fake terminals, ...) hinge on a crook's ability to observe user behavior. In this paper, we describe the des...
Abstract. To ensure the consistency of database subsystems involved in communication systems (e.g., telephone systems), appropriate scheduled maintenance policies are necessary. Au...
Stefano Porcarelli, Felicita Di Giandomenico, Amin...
Before the powerful agent programming paradigm can be adopted in commercial or industrial settings, a complete environment, similar to that for other programming languages, must b...
John R. Graham, Daniel McHugh, Michael Mersic, Fos...