Security and reliability issues in distributed systems have been investigated for several years at LAAS using a technique called Fragmentation-Redundancy-Scattering (FRS). The aim ...
For a grid middleware to perform resource allocation, prediction models are needed, which can determine how long an application will take for completion on a particular platform o...
Background: Bioinformatic analyses typically proceed as chains of data-processing tasks. A pipeline, or ‘workflow’, is a well-defined protocol, with a specific structure defin...
The application of a technique for labelling connected components based on the classical recursive technique is studied. The recursive approach permits labelling, counting, and cha...
We present in this paper an approach aiming at adapting software components. It focuses on adapting component structures instead of adapting component services. Among the motivati...