In this paper, we study the problem of achieving efficient interaction in a distributed scheduling system whose scheduling agents may borrow resources from one another. Specifical...
Daniel E. Neiman, David W. Hildum, Victor R. Lesse...
This paper is about business modelling and negotiation protocol design in distributed scheduling, where individual agents have individual (potentially conflicting) interests. It i...
Edward P. K. Tsang, Timothy Gosling, Botond Virgin...
The aim of our research is to provide a unified model for the composition and management of consumer care services. We identify design, composition, distribution and management as...
Kumari Wickramasinghe, Christian Guttmann, Michael...
This paper, referring to a work in progress, describes functional elements of the user interface of a Virtual World that may provide an important contribution to the process by wh...
Filipe Santos, Benjamim Fonseca, Leonel Morgado, P...
— The Internet includes thousands of Internet service providers (ISPs) which are interconnected to provide connectivity and service for end-users. Traditionally, the settlement b...