We consider a variation of the resource allocation problem. In the traditional problem, there is a global planner who would like to assign a set of players to a set of resources s...
Abstract—Many protocols for ad-hoc wireless networks perform poorly in situations when node cooperation cannot be enforced. This may happen because of the lack of global authorit...
Service discovery is a fundamental concept underpinning the move towards dynamic service-oriented business partnerships. The business process for integrating service discovery and ...
Recently the field of Web services has gained focus both in industry and academia. While industry has been mostly interested in standardisation and promotion of the technology, a...
A challenging issue facing Grid communities is that while Grids can provide access to many heterogeneous resources, the resources to which access is provided often do not match th...
Ian T. Foster, Timothy Freeman, Katarzyna Keahey, ...