We present a simple approach for implementing flexible locking strategies in a system of components, which may themselves be composite objects. The approach is flexible in that a ...
Unsolicited bulk electronic mail (spam) is increasingly plaguing the Internet Email system and deteriorating its value as a convenient communication tools. In this paper we argue ...
The need to build modular, scalable, and complex technology capable of adaptation, self-assembly, and self-repair has fuelled renewed interest in using approaches inspired by deve...
Business process describes a set of services that span enterprise boundaries and are provided by enterprises that see each other as partners. Web services is widely accepted and a...
Due to the lack of QoS support, ensuring an acceptable application level QoS for the real-time delivery of multiobject multimedia presentations on the current Internet is very cha...