: Due to the ever increasing impacts of globalization, people will/have to work on data which is distributed all around the world [LKK+ 97]. Query processing on the corresponding d...
Users perceive varying levels of utility for each different job completed by the cluster. Therefore, there is a need for existing cluster Resource Management Systems (RMS) to prov...
ATM switches have to provide traffic management functions to meet the QoS requirements of different service categories. Among the traffic management functions we will focus on con...
File transfer acts an increasing role in digital TV studios and especially for their interconnections. Using adequate file formats to exchange data presents several advantages: lo...
Abstract. QoS-based service selection mechanisms will play an essential role in service-oriented architectures, as e-Business applications want to use services that most accurately...