Due to the inherent nature of their heterogeneity, resource scarcity and dynamism, the provision of middleware for future networked embedded environments is a challenging task. In...
Paolo Costa, Geoff Coulson, Richard Gold, Manish L...
Abstract—In this paper, we advocate asymmetric function placement as one of guiding principles to architect sensor network systems. We demonstrate its generic applicability and e...
Tian He, John A. Stankovic, Radu Stoleru, Yu Gu, Y...
Self-organization is a great concept for building scalable systems consisting of a huge number of subsystems. The primary objectives are improved scalability and dynamic adaptatio...
Exergy is a way to sustainable development and may be defined as the maximum theoretical useful work, while exergy analysis identifies the sources, the magnitude and the causes of...