Modern distributed information retrieval techniques require accurate knowledge of collection size. In non-cooperative environments, where detailed collection statistics are not av...
Mobile, battery-powered devices such as personal digital assistants and web-enabled mobile phones have successfully emerged as new access points to the world’s digital infrastru...
: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an emerging style of software architectures to reuse and integrate existing systems for designing new applications. Each application is des...
Major computer companies and government agencies are adopting Web Services (WS) technology. Web services must ensure interoperability and security, and be reliable and trustworthy...
Abstract. We have recently witnessed a growing interest in self organising systems, both in research and in practice. These systems re-organise in response to new or changing condi...
Stefanos Zachariadis, Cecilia Mascolo, Wolfgang Em...