In this paper we sketch a framework supporting contract enactment within the context of virtual organisation units that are dynamically created in order to achieve a common object...
Theodosis Dimitrakos, Ivan Djordjevic, Zoran Milos...
We consider the use of a cluster of PC servers for Application Service Providers where applications and databases must remain autonomous. We use data replication to improve data av...
Object-oriented technologies are frequently used to design and implement distributed applications. Object replication is a well-established approach to increase the dependability f...
Wireless sensor networks are commonly used to monitor and control the physical world. To provide a meaningful service such as disaster and emergency surveillance, meeting real-tim...
Muhammad Farukh Munir, Arzad Alam Kherani, Fethi F...
Fault tolerance is an important property of large-scale multiagent systems as the failure rate grows with both the number of the hosts and deployed agents, and the duration of com...