The increasing reliance put on networked computer systems demands higher levels of dependability. This is even more relevant as new threats and forms of attack are constantly being...
This research investigates distributed clustering scheme and proposes a cluster-based routing protocol for DelayTolerant Mobile Networks (DTMNs). The basic idea is to distributivel...
Following the joint source and channel coding paradigm, we propose in this article an application controlling strategy to allow fast adaptation of multimedia transmission to the i...
Increasingly, systems are being developed and used in ways that involve end of life issues such as death, dying, and bereavement. Yet design considerations and guidelines for tech...
Recent work in communications and business modeling emphasizes a commitment-based view of interaction. By abstracting away from implementation-level details, commitments can poten...