Ficus is a replicated general ling environment for Unix intended to scale to very large nationwide networks. The system employs an optimistic one copy availability" model in ...
Gerald J. Popek, Richard G. Guy, Thomas W. Page Jr...
In previous works we defined ν-APNs, an extension of P/T nets with the capability of creating and managing pure names. We proved that, though reachability is undecidable, coverab...
— Pervasive computing applications typically involve rich interactions and heterogeneous network types; e.g. involving the collation of data from a sensor network into a replicat...
Paul Grace, Geoff Coulson, Gordon S. Blair, Barry ...
This paper describes the implementation of a workflow management system to support mobile GIS workgroup applications and highlights the design of the workflow definition language t...
—One of the critical challenges for service oriented computing systems is the capability to guarantee scalable and reliable service provision. This paper presents Reliable GeoGri...
Gong Zhang, Ling Liu, Sangeetha Seshadri, Bhuvan B...