The emergence of applications domains such as pervasive and autonomic computing has increased the need for customisation and dynamic adaptation of both distributed systems, and th...
Paul Grace, Eddy Truyen, Bert Lagaisse, Wouter Joo...
Scientific workflows are a powerful programming technique for specifying complex computations using a number of otherwise independent components. When used in a Grid environment, ...
Much work in software architecture has been inspired by work in physical architecture, in particular Alexander’s work on ‘design patterns’. By contrast, Alexander’s work i...
Stephen Rank, Carl O'Coill, Cornelia Boldyreff, Ma...
The widespread use of broadband networks and the evolution of Peer-to-Peer systems changed dramatically the way Internet is used today. P2P file sharing networks are one of the mo...
Social factors, such as status differences, may prevent some members from participating in group decisions. Computerized group decision support systems (GDSSs) can reduce social i...
John Davis, Melora Zaner, Shelly Farnham, Cezary M...