Abstract. Based on the specific characteristics of electronic commerce (ECommerce) requirements for an adequate system support, this contribution gives an overview of the respectiv...
Parallel and distributed computing infrastructure are increasingly being embraced in the context of manufacturing applications, including real-time scheduling. In this paper, we pr...
A communication protocol is a fundamental component of a multi-agent system. The security requirements for a communication protocol should be articulated during the early stages o...
In this paper we propose a system that will allow people to communicate their status with friends and family when they find themselves caught up in a large disaster (e.g., sending...
The availability of large quantities of processors is a crucial enabler of many-task computing. Voluntary computing systems have proven that it is possible to build computing plat...
Rostand Costa, Francisco V. Brasileiro, Guido Lemo...