Dependable distributed systems are difficult to build. This is particularly true if they have dependability requirements that change during the execution of an application, and are...
Michel Cukier, Jennifer Ren, Chetan Sabnis, David ...
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...
Network Control is currently carried out mainly by means of signalling protocols. Although these protocols are robust and facilitate standardisation, they present several drawback...
Initial deployment and subsequent dynamic reconfiguration of a software system is difficult because of the interplay of many interdependent factors, including cost, time, applicat...
Naveed Arshad, Dennis Heimbigner, Alexander L. Wol...
Over the past few years, researchers have developed many crosslayer wireless protocols to improve the performance of wireless networks. Experimental evaluations of these protocols...
Man Cheuk Ng, Kermin Elliott Fleming, Mythili Vutu...