The persistent programming systems of the 1980s offered a programming model that integrated computation and long-term storage. In these systems, reliable applications could be eng...
Alan Dearle, Graham N. C. Kirby, Stuart J. Norcros...
Large-scale Internet applications can benefit from an ability to predict round-trip times to other hosts without having to contact them first. Explicit measurements are often un...
Frank Dabek, Russ Cox, M. Frans Kaashoek, Robert M...
Emerging applications in electronic commerce often involve very low-cost transactions, which execute in the context of ongoing, extended clientserver relationships. For example, c...
Yossi Matias, Alain J. Mayer, Abraham Silberschatz
Round-trips between home and work represent, for the majority of people, most of their daily
commuting time; also, setting home and work places involves more constraints for two- ...
Novel ubiquitous computing applications such as intelligent vehicles, smart buildings, and traffic management require special properties that traditional computing applications d...