In this paper we introduce Challenger, a multiagent system that performs completely distributed resource allocation. Challenger consists of agents which individually manage local ...
Abstract. This paper describes the analysis of Pull-Based Asynchronous Rekeying Framework (ARF), a recently proposed solution to the scalable group key management problem in secure...
The evaluation of QoS requirements is one of the critical functions that span both the design and the run-time phases of QoS management. This paper presents an architecture for Qo...
This paper investigates the quality of information and intelligence in the United Kingdom’s (UK) police intelligence units with a particular emphasis on the role of paper-based ...
The use of semantic knowledge in its various forms has become an important aspect in managing data in database and information systems. In the form of integrity constraints, it ha...