The Web Service Resource Framework (WSRF) was announced in January 2004 as a new way for manipulating "stateful resources" to perform grid computing tasks using Web Serv...
Mobile devices, such as mobile phones, are becoming multi-purpose devices. These devices are capable of storing data as well as running custom applications. As more people adopt t...
Power management has been a critical issue in the design of embedded systems due to the limited power supply. To prolong the lifetime, energy minimization has been studied under p...
Network calculus is a min-plus system theory which facilitates the efficient derivation of performance bounds for networks of queues. It has successfully been applied to provide e...
synchronisation also play a fundamental role in overall system robustness. ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) issues also have to be conside...