Agent-based simulations are an increasingly popular means of exploring and understanding complex social systems. In order to be useful, these simulations must capture a range of a...
David Scerri, Alexis Drogoul, Sarah L. Hickmott, L...
This paper describes an architecture that provides support for quality of service (QoS) specification and enforcement in heterogeneous distributed computing systems. The Quartz Qo...
The development of complex distributed systems demands for the creation of suitable architectural styles (or paradigms) and related run-time infrastructures. An emerging style tha...
Gianpaolo Cugola, Elisabetta Di Nitto, Alfonso Fug...
Monitoring and information services form a key component of a distributed system, or Grid. A quantitative study of such services can aid in understanding the performance limitatio...
Xuehai Zhang, Jeffrey L. Freschl, Jennifer M. Scho...
An experimental study shows the feasibility of service-oriented architectures for industrial automation and control systems even with respect to lower, real-time dependent control...
Andre Pohl, Heiko Krumm, Felix Holland, Franz-Jose...