Abstract. Coordination and Adaptation are two key issues when developing complex distributed systems. Coordination focuses on the interaction among computational entities. Adaptati...
We consider the problem of maximizing capacity in a queueing network with flexible servers, where the classes and servers are subject to failure. We assume that the interarrival ...
Users commonly rely just on scarce textual annotation when their searches for images are semantic or conceptual based. Rich visual information is often thrown away in basic annota...
Abstract. Although the template fingerprint collected during the registration phase of personal verification systems can be considered in principle as representative of the subject...
Information systems often present virtual spaces that are sufficient to enable important human interaction. By enabling such interaction, systems designers are inherently creating...