Social insect societies and more specifically ant colonies, are distributed systems that, in spite of the simplicity of their individuals, present a highly structured social organi...
Abstract. We classify component-based models of computation into component models and interface models. A component model speci es for each component how the component behaves in a...
—This paper presents a theoretic framework of optimal resource allocation and admission control for peer-topeer networks. Peer’s behavioral rankings are incorporated into the r...
Sleeping is an important method to reduce energy consumption in many information and communication systems. In this paper we focus on a typical server under dynamic load, where en...
Ioannis Kamitsos, Lachlan L. H. Andrew, Hongseok K...
—Enterprise computing is moving towards more open, collaborative systems. Joining a business network must be made efficient, despite the technical and semantic interoperability ...