be regarded as an abstraction of the underlying effective network connectivity, i.e. its functional connectivity. Although similar functional connectivity models have been describe...
Initial deployment and subsequent dynamic reconfiguration of a software system is difficult because of the interplay of many interdependent factors, including cost, time, applicat...
Naveed Arshad, Dennis Heimbigner, Alexander L. Wol...
Most mature workflow management systems (WfMSs) available today execute workflows via orchestration of an available set of services, a process in which a central coordinating enti...
Rohan Sen, Gruia-Catalin Roman, Christopher D. Gil...
As the complexity of industrial processes increases, it requires the use of intelligent sensors or actuators (known as Intelligent Instruments) to allow for more comprehensive and...
Richard Dapoigny, Patrick Barlatier, Laurent Foull...
Complex and distributed systems are more and more common. Hardware is going from strength to strength and is embedded in high performance peer-to-peer networks mostly. The task of...