Task scheduling is an integrated component of computing. With the emergence of grid and ubiquitous computing, newer challenges have arisen in task scheduling. Unlike traditional p...
Ad hoc networks, being able to organize themselves without user intervention, can easily provide their users with mobility, multimedia support and group communication. However, the...
In a wireless LAN environment, clients tend to associate with the nearest access point (AP) which usually provides the strongest signal. However, this does not guarantee that user...
The paradigm shift from device-oriented to service-oriented management has also implications to the area of event correlation. Today’s event correlation mainly addresses the cor...
A problem with many distributed applications is their behavior in lieu of unpredictable variations in user request volumes or in available resources. This paper explores a performa...