In this paper we describe MASQ (Multi-Agent Systems based on Quadrants), a model that defines four perspectives over an agent-based interaction according to two axes: internal/ex...
Applications that rely on the publish-subscribe model (such as those dedicated to news or event distribution) require a communication model whereby information can flow towards a...
Providing a fully functional multimedia DBMS (MMDBMS) becomes an emergency with the recent development of distributed environments. In this paper, we address the impact of using w...
In a recent paper, we presented proactive resilience as a new approach to proactive recovery, based on architectural hybridization. We showed that, with appropriate assumptions ab...
Paulo Sousa, Nuno Ferreira Neves, Paulo Verí...
In this paper we discuss the effects of symbiosis when using an attractor selection model for multi-path routing in an overlay network. Attractor selection is a biologically inspi...