In mobile computing environments, as a result of the reduced capacity of local storage, it is commonly not feasible to replicate entire datasets on each mobile unit. In addition, ...
We propose a protocol for a local search and a genetic algorithm for the distributed traveling salesman problem (TSP). In the distributed TSP, information regarding the cost funct...
Electronic transactions regularly occur between business partners in separate security domains. Trust negotiation is an approach that provides an open authentication and access-co...
Tatyana Ryutov, Li Zhou, B. Clifford Neuman, Travi...
The Open Hypermedia model is based upon the separation of hypertext links from documents and treats them as separate entities. Distributed link services take this approach and imp...
Abstract. The distribution of virtual goods like multimedia data relies on the trustworthiness of the distribution system. Recent concepts for the distribution based on peer to pee...