Abstract. Recent trend in high-performance computing focuses on networks of workstations (NOWs) as a way ofrealizing cost-effective parallel machines. This has been due to the avai...
We present a family of methods for speeding up distributed locks by exploiting the uneven distribution of both temporal and spatial locality of access behaviour of many applicatio...
Abstract. Software agent technology has attracted much attention for developing various distributed systems, composed of autonomous agents interacting with one another using partic...
Adaptation of system parameters is acknowledged as a requirement to scalable and dependable distributed systems. Unfortunately, adaptation cannot be effective when provided solely...
Abstract. We present and motivate the definition and use of the language and environment dSL, an imperative and event driven language designed to program distributed industrial co...