In our terminology, a “deliberation” is a distributed collaborative process, more or less spontaneous, structured, and complex. This process can include both individual and col...
This paper presents a data management solution which allows fast Virtual Machine (VM) instantiation and efficient run-time execution to support VMs as execution environments in Gri...
Ming Zhao 0002, Jian Zhang 0005, Renato J. O. Figu...
The continuous increase of data volumes available from many sources raises new challenges for their effective understanding. Knowledge discovery in large data repositories involv...
The process of collaborative engineering design is relatively complex, and often results in various conflicts due to multi-actors interactions. Therefore, a critical element of co...
Object-based parallel and distributed applications are becoming increasingly popular, driven by the programmability advantages of component technology and a flat shared-object spa...