Abstract. In this paper, we propose static and dynamic server selection techniques for multicast receivers who receive multiple streams from replicated servers. In the proposed sta...
A contract is a non-repudiable agreement on a given contract text, i.e., a contract can be used to prove agreement between its signatories to any verifier. A contract signing sche...
Birgit Pfitzmann, Matthias Schunter, Michael Waidn...
The requirements for the QoS of distributed applications are traditionally expressed in terms of network oriented or systems oriented parameters. In general, the users of these ser...
Cristian Hesselman, Ing Widya, Aart van Halteren, ...
This paper presents an architecture for QoS-aware middleware platforms. We present a general framework for control, and specialise this framework for QoS provisioning in the middle...