Abstract. Gossip-based information dissemination protocols are considered easy to deploy, scalable and resilient to network dynamics. Loadbalancing is inherent in these protocols a...
We present a mathematical framework for communicating about trust in terms of interactions. We argue that sharing an ontology about trust is not enough and that interactions are th...
Andrew Koster, Jordi Sabater-Mir, W. Marco Schorle...
Service discovery in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is an integral part for collective application interoperability. The discovery process must cope not only with transient commun...
Andronikos Nedos, Kulpreet Singh, Raymond Cunningh...
A growing trend in the development and deployment of grid computing systems is decentralization. Decentralizing these systems helps make them more scalable and robust, but poses s...
Three protocols for gossip-based failure detection services in large-scale heterogeneous clusters are analyzed and compared. The basic gossip protocol provides a means by which fai...