— Grid computing requires network services beyond what is currently provided by the Best-Effort Internet. Among the different approaches towards network Quality of Service, aggre...
This paper presents a framework for specifying Web services communities. A Web service is an accessible application that humans, software agents, and other applications in general ...
Abstract. The widespread deployment of inexpensive communications technology, computational resources in the networking infrastructure, and network-enabled end devices poses an int...
Todd D. Hodes, Steven E. Czerwinski, Ben Y. Zhao, ...
This paper describes an agent-based architecture that extends personal mobility to ubiquitous environment. A software agent, running on a portable device, leverages the existing se...
Advances in sensing and tracking technology enable location-based applications but they also create significant privacy risks. Anonymity can provide a high degree of privacy, save...