Managing the execution of scientific applications in a heterogeneous grid computing environment can be a daunting task, particularly for long running jobs. Increasing fault tolera...
This paper proposes a multi-agent system architecture based on introspective agents provided with an expressive communication language and reasoning capabilities on their skills. ...
—Network coordinate (NC) system is an efficient mechanism to predict Internet distance (latency) with limited times of measurement. In this paper, we focus on the node churn pro...
Yang Chen, Genyi Zhao, Ang Li, Beixing Deng, Xing ...
The use of good random numbers is essential to the integrity of many mission-critical systems. However, when such systems are replicated for Byzantine fault tolerance, a serious i...
This paper describes the initial PhD research work for developing an innovative process for agent coordination in unstructured distributed environments. In this proposal, an agent...