Ubiquitous computing refers to building a global computing environment where seamless and invisible access to computing resources is provided to the user. Pervasive computing deal...
If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when nego...
Claudio Bartolini, Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jenni...
System design must strike a balance between energy and performance by carefully selecting the speed at which the system will run. In this work, we examine fundamental tradeoffs i...
In order to achieve the best application-level Quality-of-Service (QoS), multimedia applications need to be dynamically tuned and reconfigured to adapt to fluctuating computing an...
The emergence of portable computers and wireless technologies has introduced new challenges for middleware. Mobility brings new requirements and is becoming a key characteristic. M...