Even modern component architectures do not provide for easily manageable context-sensitive adaptability, a key requirement for ambient intelligence. The reason is that components a...
In many occasions would one encounter the task of maintaining the consistency of two pieces of structured data that are related by some transform — synchronising bookmarks in diï...
Abstract. One of the main challenges for the successful application of agentbased systems in mobile and embedded devices is enabling application developers to reconcile the needs o...
Cryptographic algorithms implemented on smart-cards must be protected against side-channel attacks. Some encryption schemes and hash functions like IDEA, RC6, MD5, SHA-1 alternate ...
Addressing non-orthogonal software concerns that arisefrom requirements can significantly contribute to the complexity of developing large systems. Difficulties arise from the need...