Abstract. The proliferation of group-centric computing and communication motivates the need for mechanisms to provide group access control. Group access control includes mechanisms...
Jini is a Java-based technology for 'spontaneous' distributed computing which enables programs to dynamically discover nearby services by means of a type-based lookup me...
Metabolism can be regarded as a network of biochemical reactions, connected via their substrates and products. A metabolic pathway is thus a coordinated series of reactions, and i...
We present a principled and efficient planning algorithm for cooperative multiagent dynamic systems. A striking feature of our method is that the coordination and communication be...
We examine the problem of determining a user's value for his/her private information. Web businesses often offer rewards, such as discounts, free downloads and website persona...
Scott Buffett, Nathan Scott, Bruce Spencer, Michae...