Preventing abusive resource consumption is indispensable for all kinds of systems that execute untrusted mobile code, such as mobile object systems, extensible web servers, and we...
Service providers like Google and Amazon are moving into the SaaS (Software as a Service) business. They turn their huge infrastructure into a cloud-computing environment and aggr...
Wai Kit Wong, David Wai-Lok Cheung, Ben Kao, Nikos...
In the context of mobile data access, data caching is fundamental for both performance and functionality. For this reason there have been many studies into developing energy-effi...
Ganesh Santhanakrishnan, Ahmed Amer, Panos K. Chry...
Abstract. We have recently witnessed a growing interest in self organising systems, both in research and in practice. These systems re-organise in response to new or changing condi...
Stefanos Zachariadis, Cecilia Mascolo, Wolfgang Em...
This paper discusses the use of simulation in a new context. Most often QUEST is viewed as a stand-alone simulation tool to analyze and understand shop floor behavior. It has rare...