Advances in Internet and the availability of powerful computers and high-speed networks have propitiated the rise of Grids. The scheduling of applications is complex in Grids due ...
Solving complex global problems such as illegal immigration, border control, and terrorism requires government organizations at all levels to share not only data but, more importa...
Seema Degwekar, Jeff DePree, Howard W. Beck, Carla...
A voting protocol for decision-making in virtual organizations is presented. In an agent-based virtual organization the functions of formation, management and dissolution of the o...
Jeremy V. Pitt, Lloyd Kamara, Marek J. Sergot, Ale...
Background: Ultraconserved elements are nucleotide or protein sequences with 100% identity (no mismatches, insertions, or deletions) in the same organism or between two or more or...
Arguably, the main goal of Grid Computing is to facilitate the creation of Virtual Organizations (VOs); however, to date, not enough attention has been placed on the policies and ...