Abstract: Applications based on plug-in architectures are extensible through thirdparties and enable customized user environments. We argue that extensibility and customization are...
Abstract—Pervasive applications are characterized by variations in their context of execution. Their correct behavior requires continuous adaptations, accordingly to changes obse...
Mobile programs, like applets, are not only ubiquitous, but also potentially malicious. We study the case where mobile programs are executed by a host system in a secured environm...
Service Oriented Architectures are emerging as the recommended paradigm for developing dispersed escience environments. In this paper we analyze the characteristics and requiremen...
Data compression algorithms change frequently, and obsolete decoders do not always run on new hardware and operating systems, threatening the long-term usability of content archiv...