We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of a fully distributed directory service for Farsite, a logically centralized file system that is physically implemented on a...
—This paper provides a comparative study of the distributed antenna system (DAS) and the conventional colocated antenna system (CAS) in the multi-user scenario. It is demonstrate...
Traditional access control mechanisms rely on a reference monitor to mediate access to protected resources. Reference monitors are inherently centralized and existing attempts to ...
We present an abstract language for distributed systems of processes with local memory and private communication channels. Communication between processes is done via messaging. Th...
Workflow management systems are increasingly used to assist the automation of business processes that involve the exchange of documents, information, or task execution results. Re...