EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2007
Springer
In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), broadcasting plays a fundamental role, diffusing a message from a given source node to all the other nodes in the network. Flooding is the simpl...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2007
Springer
A parallel composition is defined for Markov reward chains with fast transitions and for discontinuous Markov reward chains. In this setting, compositionality with respect to the r...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2007
Springer
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
Abstract. Distributed security models based on a ‘web of trust’ eliminate single points of failure and alleviate performance bottlenecks. However, such distributed approaches r...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
We consider a class of Markov chains known for its closed form transient and steady-state distributions. We show that some absorbing chains can be also seen as members of this clas...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
Current computer systems and communication networks tend to be highly complex, and they typically hide their internal structure from their users. Thus, for selected aspects of capa...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
In software systems, individual components interact not only through explicit function invocations, but also through implicit resource sharing. The use of shared resources signifi...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
In this paper we propose a new efficient iterative scheme for solving closed queueing networks with phase-type service time distributions. The method is especially efficient and ac...
EPEW
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
Message-oriented middleware (MOM) is at the core of a vast number of financial services and telco applications, and is gaining increasing traction in other industries, such as man...