Location-based context-aware services for mobile users need to collaborate in disparate networks. Services come and go as the user moves and no central repository is available. Th...
With increased global interconnectivity, reliance on e-commerce, network services, and Internet communication, computer security has become a necessity. Organizations must protect ...
Paul K. Harmer, Paul D. Williams, Gregg H. Gunsch,...
: This paper discusses the understanding of quality attributes and their application to the design of a software architecture. We present an approach to characterizing quality attr...
This paper presents our research efforts towards enabling the use of grid infrastructures for supporting Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) applications developed acc...
Two important performance metrics in collaborative systems are local and remote response times. Previous analytical and simulation work has shown that these response times depend ...