Abstract. To overcome increasing complexity and dynamic nature of distributed computing system, such as ubiquitous computing systems, it is critical to have computing systems that ...
of ‘‘network computers’’ is inherently lessAbstract predictable than that of more traditional distributed memory systems, such as hypercubes [22], since both theFor computa...
Moving around our physical environment, we are surrounded and interact with information that exhorts and stimulates us to buy things. For most of us, not all of these impulses are...
ent through the use of meaningful abstractions in order to avoid dealing with low-level details. Despite this potential benefit, their adoption has mainly been limited to professio...
Paper remains a prevalent medium in mobile usage contexts due to its inherent flexibility and robustness. Mobile computing solutions begin to provide powerful and convenient func...