The paper introduces Self-Replicating Objects (SROs), a new nt programming abstraction. An SRO is implemented and used much like an ordinary .NET object and can expose arbitrary us...
Abstract—Overlay network design for topic-based publish/subscribe systems is of primary importance because the overlay directly impacts the system’s performance. Determining a ...
Abstract-- Shared temporary storage space is often the constraining resource for clusters that serve as execution nodes in wide-area distributed systems. At least one large nationa...
Users and developers of grid applications have access to increasing numbers of resources. While more resources generally mean higher capabilities for an application, they also rai...
Any set of autonomous workstations, however networked (by a LAN, a MAN, or wireless), can be seen as a collection of networked low cost disks. Such a collection can be operated by...