The ACORN architecture is a multi-agent based system deployed across networks which provides a means for augmenting community-based systems of communication between people. In the...
Discovery of service providers that are useful to service requesters is a common problem in large, dynamic serviceoriented systems, such as Grids. Simple service indices do not ad...
Autonomic Computing is a promising new concept in system development. It aims to (i) increase reliability by designing systems to be self-protecting and self-healing; and (ii) inc...
Architecture reconstruction embodies benefits for commercial organizations. Reconstructing or recovering the architecture of software systems is primarily driven by the increased ...
The growing importance of access control has led to the definition of numerous languages for specifying policies. Since these languages are based on different foundations, langua...