When the Asynchronous Method Invocation (AMI) model was introduced into the CORBA specification, client applications benefited from the ability to invoke nonblocking two-way reque...
Darrell Brunsch, Carlos O'Ryan, Douglas C. Schmidt
Mobile computing offers the possibility of dramatically expanding the versatility of computers, by bringing them off the desktop and into new and unique contexts. However, this ne...
Jacob Eisenstein, Jean Vanderdonckt, Angel R. Puer...
Self-reconfigurable or metamorphic robots can change their individual and collective shape and size to meet operational demands. Since these robots are constructed from a set of a...
The fundamental challenge for computational media is to contribute to the invention and design of cultures in which humans can express themselves and engage in personally meaningf...
Downsizing the number of operators controlling complex systems can increase the decision-making demands on remaining operators, particularly in crisis situations. An answer to thi...
Edmund H. Durfee, Marcus J. Huber, Michael Kurnow,...