Abstract. We are witnessing a dramatic increase in the use of datacentric distributed systems such as global grid infrastructures, sensor networks, network monitoring, and various ...
QoS (Quality of Service) parameters play a key role in selecting Grid resources and optimizing resources usage efficiently. Although many works have focused on using QoS metrics,...
Hong Linh Truong, Robert Samborski, Thomas Fahring...
In this paper we describe TinyLime, a novel middleware for wireless sensor networks that departs from the traditional setting where sensor data is collected by a central monitorin...
Carlo Curino, Matteo Giani, Marco Giorgetta, Aless...
In preparation for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, the climate community will run the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (...
Rajkumar Kettimuthu, Alex Sim, Dan Gunter, Bill Al...
The centralised management of distributed computing infrastructures presents a number of considerable challenges, not least of which is the effective monitoring of physical resour...