Designing secure protocols over ad-hoc networks has proved to be a very challenging task, due to various features of such networks, such as partial connectivity, node mobility, an...
Companies that are present at multiple online locations may have difficulty staffing them adequately in terms of helpdesk services with efficient use of human resources. In this pa...
Leonel Morgado, Paulo Reis, Fausto de Carvalho, Ti...
This paper proposes a software architecture and a development process for engineering dependable and controllable self-organising (SO) systems. Our approach addresses dependabilit...
Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, John S. Fitzgerald, A...
Current solutions to characterize grid computing usage are limited in three important aspects. First, they do not provide a global, uniform view of the use of infrastructures compr...
Glauco Antonio Ludwig, Luciano Paschoal Gaspary, G...
Adaptation and personalization services of the information offered to the users in open e-learning environments are considered to be the turning point of recent research efforts. ...