The vast number of design options in replicated databases requires efficient analytical performance evaluations so that the considerable overhead of simulations or measurements can...
— Media streaming applications are becoming very popular in the Internet world. Since they mainly rely on a not scalable client/server model, the P2P model is receiving more and ...
In modern heterogeneous environments, such as mobile, pervasive and ad-hoc networks, architectures based on web services offer an attractive solution for effective communication a...
Embedded single-chip heterogeneous multiprocessor (SCHM) systems experience frequent system events such as task preemption, power-saving voltage/frequency scaling, or arrival of n...
We introduce the notion of a conditioned-safe ceremony. A “ceremony” is similar to the conventional notion of a protocol, except that a ceremony explicitly includes human part...