Hierarchical Task Networks (HTNs) are a family of powerful planning algorithms that have been successfully applied to many complex, real-world domains. However, they are limited t...
— The increasing availability of sensing devices has made the possibility of context-aware pervasive computing applications real. However, constructing this software requires ext...
Any model-based evaluation of the dependability of a system requires validation and verification to justify that its results are meaningful. Modern modeling frameworks enable us ...
Based on the framework of service-oriented architecture (SOA), complex distributed systems can be dynamically and automatically composed by integrating distributed Web services pr...
—Web caching and replication techniques increase accessibility of Web contents and reduce Internet bandwidth requirements. In this paper, we are considering the replica placement...