We consider networks of workstations which are not only timesharing, but also heterogeneous with a large variation in the computing power and memory capacities of different workst...
The vision of pervasive or ubiquitous computing, conceived by Mark Weiser, foresees a world where computing is embedded in every day objects. Such objects interact with each other...
This paper proposes a strategy of improving file availability of peer-to-peer file storage systems, which provides the ability of identifying duplicate files and leveraging the ...
: This paper examines the argument for dataflow architectures in "Two Fundamental Issues in Multiprocessing[5]." We observe two key problems. First, the justification of ...
XML is being used to describe components and applications in a vendor and language neutral. Therefore it already has a role in distributed system. XML is also being used as a data ...