Mobility is redefining the hardware and software fabric of distributed systems. Wireless communication allows network hosts to participate in a distributed computation while on t...
Abstract 1 Different definitions of agents use concepts such as autonomy, pro-activity, reactivity, social abilities, and intentional models. Very few (if any), however, refer to...
Frances M. T. Brazier, Maarten van Steen, Niek J. ...
Current developments show that tomorrow’s information systems and applications will no longer be based on monolithic architectures that encompass all the functionality. Rather, t...
— In this paper, we propose the use of QoS routing to enhance the support of IP Telephony. Our proposed scheme is based on QoS intradomain OSPF routing, an extension of the conve...
Alex Dubrovsky, Mario Gerla, Scott Seongwook Lee, ...
— In broadcast disk systems, information is broadcasted in a shared medium. When a client needs an item from the disk, it waits until that item is broadcasted. The fundamental al...