Distributed applications involving mobile devices interconnected by wireless networks may benefit both from multiagent technology and context-aware programming techniques. This ar...
We introduce the concept of a group principal and present a number of different classes of group principals, including threshold-group-principals. These appear to naturally usefu...
— User’s requirements have become a key factor for any Quality of Service (QoS) management model to succeed. The advent and rise of new broadband services and network architect...
Eva Ibarrola, Fidel Liberal, Ianire Taboada, Rodri...
Abstract. Data aggregation is a key aspect of many distributed applications, such as distributed sensing, performance monitoring, and distributed diagnostics. In such settings, use...
Krishna P. N. Puttaswamy, Ranjita Bhagwan, Venkata...
Credentials are an indispensable means for service access control in electronic commerce. However, regular credentials such as X.509 certificates and SPKI/SDSI certificates do no...