We consider the problem of interconnecting a simple type of social network: Instant Messaging services. Today, users are members of various IM communities such as AOL, Yahoo, and ...
Self-configuring virtual networks rely on structured P2P routing to provide seamless connectivity among nodes through overlay routing of virtual IP packets, support decentralized...
Arijit Ganguly, P. Oscar Boykin, David Wolinsky, R...
Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) are widely used for describing interaction scenarios between the components of a distributed system. Consequently, worst-case response time estimati...
Our energy production increasingly depends on renewable energy sources, which impose new challenges for distributed and decentralized systems. One problem is that the availability...
Wilhelm Hasselbring, Detlev Heinemann, Johannes Hu...
There are many application classes where the users are flexible with respect to the output quality. At the same time, there are other constraints, such as the need for real-time ...