Finding an efficient configuration for cluster-based multi-tier Internet services is often a difficult task. Moreover, even a good configuration could become obsolete, depending o...
In the present paper, we examine the problem of supporting application-specific computation within a network file server. Our objectives are (i) to introduce an easy to use yet ...
Stergios V. Anastasiadis, Rajiv Wickremesinghe, Je...
Although grid computing offers great potential for executing large-scale bioinformatics applications, practical deployment is constrained by legacy interfaces. Most widely deployed...
This paper describes the design and implementation of a pervasive computing framework, named Physicalnet. Essentially, Physicalnet is a generic paradigm for managing and programmi...
Pascal Vicaire, Zhiheng Xie, Enamul Hoque, John A....
Workflow management systems (WFMS) that are geared for the orchestration of business processes across multiple organizations are complex distributed systems: they consist of multi...