In this paper we investigate which characteristics reliable multicast services should have in order to be appropriate for use by distributed interactive media applications such as...
The traditional target of computer game security is mainly copy protection. The emergence of online games fundamentally changes the security requirements for computer games. Althou...
An important issue in a component-based software development process is the supply source of mature, reliable, adaptable, and maintainable components. We define as component minin...
Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, where constraints and/or partial assignments are associated to preference or importance levels, and constraints are...
Algebraic translation methods are argued for in many fields of science. Several examples will be considered: from the field of compiler construction, database updates, concurren...