We present a novel approach for the implementation of efficient and dependable web service engines (WSEs). A WSE instance represents a single node in a distributed network of par...
We analyze the performance of CPU-bound network servers and demonstrate experimentally that the degradation in the performance of these servers under highconcurrency workloads is ...
A Grid system is a Virtual Organization that is composed of several autonomous domains. Authorization in such a system needs to be flexible and scalable to support multiple securi...
Bo Lang, Ian T. Foster, Frank Siebenlist, Rachana ...
The Scientific Annotation Middleware (SAM) is a set of components and services that enable researchers, applications, problem solving environments (PSE) and software agents to cre...
Ad hoc cross-agency teams are often needed to deal with actual, imminent, or potential crises that involve multiple geographic or political jurisdictions or require coordinated ex...