General-purpose operating systems are ill-equipped to meet the quality of service (QoS) requirements of complex real-time applications. Consequently, many classes of realtime appl...
The operation of global manufacturing network is challenging due to the complexity in product and information flow, diversity in sites, localization and processes and the informati...
Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have become an essential tool for efficient handling of our natural and artificial environment. The most important activities in a GIS are qu...
Object-orientation and distributed systems are quickly becoming norms for new system development, generating renewed interest in distribution schemes traditionally directed at rela...
Increasingly, medical institutions have access to clinical information through computers. The need to process and manage the large amount of data is motivating the recent interest ...