What are people currently looking at in their web browser? Do the patterns of pages change over time? Are changes periodic or just related to current events or other factors? We a...
We evaluate pathchar, a tool that infers the characteristics of links along an Internet path latency, bandwidth, queue delays. Looking at two example paths, we identify circumst...
UDDI registries are intended to become the world-wide lookup mechanism for web-services. As such, the registry has to provide high throughput, low response times, high availabilit...
Systems whose failure can lead to the damage of property or the environment, or loss of human life are regarded as safety-critical systems. It is no longer adequate to build safet...
In this chapter we take a look at the application of replication techniques for building scalable distributed systems. Unlike using replication for attaining dependability, replica...