Abstract. Coordination and Adaptation are two key issues when developing complex distributed systems. Coordination focuses on the interaction among computational entities. Adaptati...
This paper presents Clusterfile, a parallel file system that provides parallel file access on a cluster of computers. Existing parallel file systems offer little control over matc...
This paper focuses on the problems of coordinating the movements of a cooperative team in an environment, and proposes an approach that takes inspiration from the laws of physics....
Architectural descriptions can provide support for a formal representation of the structure and the overall behavior of software systems, which is suitable for an early assessment ...
The Lego Mindstorms Robot Command eXplorer (RCX) is a popular robotics kit that provides an immediate "out-of-the-box" opportunity to explore software controlled robot i...