Current IT application domains such as web services and autonomic computing call for highly flexible systems, able to automatically adapt to changing operational environments as w...
Loris Penserini, Anna Perini, Angelo Susi, John My...
This work deals with efficient barrier synchronization for wireless cluster computing where nodes communicate with each other wirelessly in one or multiple hops. Such a computing ...
This paper describes two design patterns that are powerful tools to help teach how semaphores are used to solve synchronization problems. The patterns are general enough to be use...
This paper details the implementation of a software framework that aids the development of distributed and self-configurable software systems. This framework is an instance of a n...
David Lillis, Rem W. Collier, Mauro Dragone, Grego...
In order to prevent misunderstandings within groups of interacting agents, it is necessary to ensure that the agents' beliefs regarding the overall state of the interaction a...
Hywel R. Dunn-Davies, Jim Cunningham, Shamimabi Pa...