Replication is a key strategy for improving locality, fault tolerance and availability in distributed systems. The paper focuses on distributed file systems and presents a system ...
Current processor allocation techniques for highly parallel systems are based on centralized front-end based algorithms. As a result, the applied strategies are restricted to stat...
Although grid computing has adopted Web services technology to deal with platforms heterogeneity and to enhance service and application interoperability, it is still a challenge t...
Xiaohui Wei, Jishan Gao, Xiao lei Ding, Shutao Yua...
—Application mobility is an efficient way to mask uneven conditioning and reduce users’ distractions in pervasive environments. However, since mobility brings more dynamism and...
Abstract—Context-aware applications adapt to changing computing environments or changing user circumstances/tasks. Context information that supports such adaptations is provided ...