Abstract. We address the problem of Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for multimedia applications (e.g., distance education, telemedicine, electronic commerce). These applicati...
Gary Molenkamp, Michael Katchabaw, Hanan Lutfiyya,...
To communicate between heterogeneous computer systems, mechanisms for data conversion are necessary. In this paper we present a portable, asymmetric data conversion method that is...
Raimund Kirner, Peter P. Puschner, Ingomar Wenzel,...
Distributed problem solving by a multiagent system represents a promising approach to solving complex computational problems. However, many multiagent systems require certain degr...
PPDN, Push-Pull Distribution Network, — a proposal for a novel framework for peer-to-peer collaborative research network is presented. Some requirements not addressed by the cur...
Several new Complex Event Processing (CEP) engines have been recently released, many of which are intended to be used in performance sensitive scenarios - like fraud detection, tr...
Marcelo R. N. Mendes, Pedro Bizarro, Paulo Marques