Based on the FOCUS theory of distributed systems (see [Broy, Stølen 01]) that are composed of interacting components we introduce a formal model of services and layered architectu...
Multilingual expression services (MESs) are available in many multicultural fields, such as education, medical care, and disaster prevention. In Japan, for example, local governme...
The World Wide Web has become pervasive in many facets of our professional and personal lives during the past 10 years. Today, another Internet revolution is emerging: Grid Comput...
Conventional programming models were designed to be used by expert programmers for programming for largescale multiprocessors, distributed computational clusters, or specialized p...
: The pervasive nature of mobile and wireless systems has led to increased concerns over Quality of Service (QoS). In the prevailing models for QoS management, QoS resolution is ac...