The emergence of portable computers and wireless technologies has introduced new challenges for middleware. Mobility brings new requirements and is becoming a key characteristic. M...
Service placement deals with the problem of selecting which node in a network is most suitable for hosting a service that responds to queries from other nodes. Optimally placing s...
The use of middleware has extended from simply facilitating applications' communication to a broad set of services supporting a huge spectrum of networked and distributed comp...
The rise of mobile computing and wireless network technology means that, increasingly, applications must adapt to their environment, in particular network connectivity and resource...
Tom Fitzpatrick, Julian R. Gallop, Gordon S. Blair...
The Gaia ubiquitous computing platform currently supports mobile devices through a thin client proxy architecture. Mobile devices run a lightweight proxy client written in J2ME to...
Ellick Chan, Jim Bresler, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H....