Distributed Shortest-Positioning Time First (D-SPTF) is a request distribution protocol for decentralized systems of storage servers. D-SPTF exploits high-speed interconnects to d...
Current consumer electronics devices do not interoperate and are hard to use. Devices use proprietary, device-specific and inflexible protocols. Resources across device classes, s...
Service-oriented computing provides the right means for building flexible systems that allow dynamic configuration and on-the-fly composition. In order to realize this vision, ...
Steffen Lamparter, Daniel Oberle, Andreas Eberhart
— This paper investigates design of noncooperative games from a control theoretic perspective. Pricing mechanisms are used as a design tool to ensure that the Nash equilibrium of...
This paper describes work carried out as part of the GUIDE project at Lancaster University. The overall aim of the project is to develop a context-sensitive tourist guide for visi...
Nigel Davies, Keith Cheverst, Keith Mitchell, Adri...