In this paper, we model the cost incurred by each peer participating in a peer-to-peer network. Such a cost model allows to gauge potential disincentives for peers to collaborate,...
The processes of accessing a shared communication media have been extensively researched in the dependability and real-time area. For embedded systems, the primary approaches have...
Conceptual modelling is thought (by academics at least) to be a key activity of Business Systems Analysis. For decades, comprehensive research has been conducted on related topics ...
The online discussion forum is the main mode of interaction for Web-based learning. Existing online instructional management systems contain primitive discussion tools that do lit...
Rendering and animating in real-time a multitude of articulated characters presents a real challenge and few hardware systems are up to the task. Up to now little research has bee...