Adaptation of system parameters is acknowledged as a requirement to scalable and dependable distributed systems. Unfortunately, adaptation cannot be effective when provided solely...
Distributed interactive systems often rely on platform information, used for example when migrating a user interface to a small-screen device, or when opportunistically recruiting...
Ubiquitous computing and communication environments connect systems and people in unprecedented ways, but also fundamentally challenge the mindset of traditional systems engineeri...
With the wide-spread popularity of the World-Wide Web (WWW), network and server load increases dramatically. Caching proxies have been introduced to improve the system performance...
Ka Lun Eddie Law, Biswajit Nandy, A. S. J. Chapman
MASSIVE is a distributed virtual reality system. It provides rich facilities to support user interaction and cooperation via text, audio and graphics media, and interaction is con...