To communicate between heterogeneous computer systems, mechanisms for data conversion are necessary. In this paper we present a portable, asymmetric data conversion method that is...
Raimund Kirner, Peter P. Puschner, Ingomar Wenzel,...
The Swiss National Competence Center for Research in mobile Information and Communication Systems (NCCR-MICS or MICS) is one of several research initiatives sponsored by the Swiss...
Data replication can help database systems meet the stringent temporal constraints of current time-critical applications, especially Internet-based services. A prerequisite, howev...
Ming Xiong, Krithi Ramamritham, Jayant R. Haritsa,...
Monitoring the resources of distributed systems is essential to the successful deployment and execution of grid applications, particularly when such applications have welldefined...
Sandip Agarwala, Christian Poellabauer, Jiantao Ko...
This paper focuses on load management in looselycoupled federated distributed systems. We present a distributed mechanism for moving load between autonomous participants using bil...
Magdalena Balazinska, Hari Balakrishnan, Michael S...