Abstract— The emergence of future pervasive ICT environments, characterized by the massive proliferation of embedded electronic devices with communication and computing capabilit...
In traditional computer games, it is not uncommon for the game world to be inhabited by numerous computergenerated characters, Non-Player Characters (NPCs). In pervasive games, pl...
For future generation Grids to be truly pervasive we need to allow for the integration of mobile devices, in order to leverage available resources and broaden the range of supplie...
Password authentication is a popular approach used for user authentication in pervasive computing environments due to its simplicity and convenience. To secure the transmission be...
Total Order Broadcast protocols are important tools to ensure coherence across distributed systems. Contrarily to classical distributed systems, pervasive systems bring important ...