Purpose – This paper aims to address some security issues in open systems such as service-oriented applications and grid computing. It proposes a security framework for these sy...
Due to the prevalence of peer dynamics (i.e., churn), object maintenance becomes a fundamental issue in peer-to-peer storage systems. Although quite a few prototypes have been des...
Discrete-event simulation is an established tool for the design and management of large-scale mail sortation and distribution systems. Because the design of distribution facilitie...
K. Preston White, Brian Barney, Scott Keller, Robe...
A critical issue for complex component-based systems design is the modeling and analysis of architecture. One of the complicating factors in developing architectural models is acc...
Research in information sciences in recent years has dealt with how to support collaborative work across time, space and organizational boundaries. However, this research neglecte...