We describe a system whose purpose is to explore the use of certificates for the distributed management of access rights for resources that have multiple, independent, and geograp...
William E. Johnston, Srilekha Mudumbai, Mary R. Th...
Abstract. We describe and model a new aspect in the design of distributed information systems. We build upon a previously described problem on the microlevel, which asks how quickl...
Peer-to-peer complementary currencies can be powerful tools for promoting exchanges and building sustainable relationships among selfish peers on the Internet. i-WAT[10] is a prop...
The ability to create effective multi-agent organizations is key to the development of larger, more diverse multi-agent systems. In this article we present KB-ORG: a fully automate...
Abstract. The Harness metacomputing framework is a reliable and flexible environment for distributed computing. A shortcoming of the system is that services are dependent on a nam...
Tomasz Tyrakowski, Vaidy S. Sunderam, Mauro Miglia...