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PRIMA
2004
Springer
15 years 12 months ago
A Distributed Workflow System with Autonomous Components
This paper describes the architecture of a distributed workflow management system in a dynamic environment. The system features autonomous agent components that can adapt to both s...
Maryam Purvis, Martin K. Purvis, Azhar Haidar, Bas...
IPPS
2003
IEEE
15 years 12 months ago
A Generic Scheme for Building Overlay Networks in Adversarial Scenarios
This paper presents a generic scheme for a central, yet untackled issue in overlay dynamic networks: maintaining stability over long life and against malicious adversaries. The ge...
Ittai Abraham, Baruch Awerbuch, Yossi Azar, Yair B...
SAINT
2003
IEEE
15 years 12 months ago
Distributed Authentication for Peer-to-Peer Networks
A public key infrastructure is generally (and effectively) used for cryptographically secure authentication in the networks. Ad-hoc networks are formed in haphazard manner. Securi...
Shardul Gokhale, Partha Dasgupta
DIGRA
2003
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Stepping Back: Players as Active Participators
Instead of confining the player to a single role, the active participator model positions the player in a more flexible position towards the fictional gameworld: involved and imme...
Michael Nitsche, Maureen Thomas
CCGRID
2002
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Towards Trust-Aware Resource Management in Grid Computing Systems
Resource management is a central part of a Grid computing system. In a large-scale wide-area system such as the Grid, security is a prime concern. One approach is to be conservati...
Farag Azzedin, Muthucumaru Maheswaran