Today, there are several approaches supporting an integrated processing of XML and (object-)relational data sources. However, each of these approaches favors a single data model f...
Abstract. Service Level Agreements are a key issue in Service Oriented Computing. SLA contracts specify client requirements and service guarantees, with emphasis on Quality of Serv...
Abstract. We propose a general transformation that maps a cryptographic protocol that is secure in an extremely weak sense (essentially in a model where no adversary is present) in...
A multi-coupon (MC) represents a collection of k coupons that a user can redeem to a vendor in exchange for some goods or services. Nguyen (FC 2006), deepening the ideas of Chen et...
Data service is the principle application in structured P2P networks. And in many cases, we need the data to persist for a long time. So how to persist the data service and how lo...