Grid computing relies on fragile partnerships. Clients with hundreds or even thousands of pending service requests must seek out and form temporary alliances with remote servers e...
As part of a National Science Foundation-funded study, we analyze data from a 2002 Midwest urban random sample survey (n = 167 adults) of differential access to and uses of comput...
The paper describes Breedbot an edutainment software and hardware system that could be used to evolve autonomous agents in digital (software) world and to transfer the evolved mind...
The fast development of the Web provides new ways for effective distribution of network-based digital goods. A digital marketplace provides a platform to enable Web users to effec...
The effective management of digital rights is a crucial challenge in many industries making the transition from physical to digital products. We present an economic model that cha...