One of the major issues that affect the performance of mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) is routing. Recently, position-based routing for MANET is found to be a very promising routin...
The increasing use of the web for serving http content, for database transactions, etc. can place heavy stress on servers. Flash crowds can occur at a server when there is a burst ...
Distributed wireless ad-hoc networks (DWANs) pose numerous technical challenges. Among them, two are widely considered as crucial: autonomous localized operation and minimization ...
Farinaz Koushanfar, Abhijit Davare, Dai Tho Nguyen...
Negotiation is essential in settings where agents have conflicting interests and a desire to cooperate. In many approaches, agents are assumed to have pre-set, fixed preferences...
We consider the use of a cluster of PC servers for Application Service Providers where applications and databases must remain autonomous. We use data replication to improve data av...