In order to execute a program on a remote computer, it must first be transferred over a network. This transmission incurs the overhead of network latency before execution can beg...
Chandra Krintz, Brad Calder, Han Bok Lee, Benjamin...
Abstract. The increased popularity of grid systems and cycle sharing across organizations requires scalable systems that provide facilities to locate resources, to be fair in the u...
Shuo Yang, Ali Raza Butt, Y. Charlie Hu, Samuel P....
It is now common for Web sites to use active Web content, such as Flash, Silverlight, or Java applets, to support rich, interactive applications. For many mobile devices, however,...
Alexander Moshchuk, Steven D. Gribble, Henry M. Le...
ReAgents are remotely executing agents that customize Web browsing for non-standard resource-limited clients. A reAgent is essentially a "one-shot" mobile agent that act...
When building scalable systems that involve general-purpose computation and persistent data, object-oriented languages and relational databases are often essential components. Yet...