A staggering number of multimedia applications are being introduced every day. Yet, the inordinate delays encountered in retrieving multimedia documents make it difficult to use t...
This paper presents an architecture for web-based interaction and steering of parallel/distributed scientific applications. The architecture is composed of detachable thin-clients ...
Supply chain decisions are improved with access to global information. However, supply chain partners are frequently hesitant to provide full access to all the information within ...
Middleware has been introduced to provide interoperability as well as transparent location of servers in heterogeneous client-server environments. Although such benefits accrue fro...
: In modern organisations the monolithic information systems of the past are being gradually replaced by networked systems, enabling distributed computing often based on multi-agen...