Pervasive computing environments are characterized by an additional heterogeneity compared to existing computing infrastructures. Devices ranging from small embedded systems to fu...
Scheduling in large-scale parallel systems has been and continues to be an important and challenging research problem. Several key factors, including the increasing use of off-the...
Mark S. Squillante, Yanyong Zhang, Anand Sivasubra...
Recent advancements in video and audio codec technologies (e.g., RealVideo [18]) make multimedia streaming possible across a wide range of network conditions. With an increasing t...
Zhuoqing Morley Mao, Hoi-sheung Wilson So, Byungho...
There are many application classes where the users are flexible with respect to the output quality. At the same time, there are other constraints, such as the need for real-time ...
The Mobile Agent (MA) paradigm seems to be a promising solution for the design and development of distributed value-added services. However, mobility has added complexity to the d...
Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari, Gianluca Tonti...