In the context of battery-powered real-time systems three constraints need to be addressed: energy, deadlines and task rewards. Many future real-time systems will count on differe...
In this paper we sketch a framework supporting contract enactment within the context of virtual organisation units that are dynamically created in order to achieve a common object...
Theodosis Dimitrakos, Ivan Djordjevic, Zoran Milos...
We propose group communication for agent coordination within “active rooms” and other pervasive computing scenarios featuring strict real-time requirements, inherently unrelia...
Paolo Busetta, Mattia Merzi, Silvia Rossi, Fran&cc...
With web services emerging as a promising technology for supporting open and dynamic business processes, it is witnessed that standards for business process specification in the c...
We consider the problem of implementing a security protocol in such a manner that secrecy of sensitive data is not jeopardized. Implementation is assumed to take place in the cont...