— The global internet is rich in commodity resources but scarce in specialized resources. We argue that a grid framework can achieve better performance if it separates management...
As Grids try to achieve optimal and balanced utilization of unused resources in a distributed system, fast and efficient discovery of resource states is a key requirement. For sm...
Advances in networking and content delivery systems are enabling new challenging provisioning scenarios where a growing number of users access Video on Demand (VoD), possibly whil...
— Personal service robots are expected to help people in their everyday life in the near future. Such robots must be able to not only move around but also perform various operati...
Abstract— Wireless access networks scale by replicating base stations geographically and then allowing mobile clients to seamlessly “hand off” from one station to the next as...