The study presented in this paper is motivated by the performance analysis of response times in distributed information systems, where transactions are handled by iterative server...
Robert D. van der Mei, Bart Gijsen, N. in't Veld, ...
The heterogeneity and unpredictability of grid computing environments is a severe challenge to algorithm selection for large-scale scientific codes. This paper discusses a set of ...
Prachi Bora, Calvin J. Ribbens, Sandeep Prabhakar,...
Abstract--Despite much progress, developing a pervasive computing application remains a challenge because of a lack of conceptual frameworks and supporting tools. This challenge in...
This paper presents a formal design for a novel group communication service targeted for WANs. The service provides Virtual Synchrony semantics. Such semantics facilitate the desi...
The majority of current security architectures for grid systems use public key infrastructure (PKI) to authenticate identities of grid members and to secure resource allocation to...