Peer-to-peer grids aim to build computational grids encompassing thousands of sites. To achieve this scale, such systems cannot rely on trust or off-line negotiations among partic...
Miranda Mowbray, Francisco Vilar Brasileiro, Nazar...
Nested transactional memory (TM) facilitates software composition by letting one module invoke another without either knowing whether the other uses transactions. Closed nested tr...
Michelle J. Moravan, Jayaram Bobba, Kevin E. Moore...
Making correct access-control decisions is central to security, which in turn requires accounting correctly for the identity, credentials, roles, authority, and privileges of users...
Thumrongsak Kosiyatrakul, Susan Older, Shiu-Kai Ch...
Though adjustable autonomy is hardly a new topic in agent systems, there has been a general lack of consensus on terminology and basic concepts. In this paper, we describe the mul...
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Hyuckchul Jung, Shriniwas Kul...
A mobile ad hoc network consists of mobile nodes that can move freely in an open environment. Communicating nodes in a wireless and mobile ad hoc network usually seek the help of ...
Azzedine Boukerche, Khalil El-Khatib, Li Xu, Larry...