Cooperative computing is becoming inevitable with the emerging of service-oriented computing and GRID becoming a ubiquitous computing resource. It is widely recognized that agent t...
The world globalization process, the increasing demand for communication and information technologies create a demand for collaborative applications. Aiming at supporting communic...
“Smart Things” are commonly understood as wireless ad-hoc networked, mobile, autonomous, special purpose computing appliances, usually interacting with their environment impli...
In spite of decades of research on virtual worlds, our understanding of one popular form of virtual world behavior— raiding—remains limited. Raiding is important because it en...
The application of 3D visualization technologies to cultural heritage has deeply evolved along years, shifting from the role of an ancillary technical solution to the dignity of a...