This paper addresses the problem of component selection, task assignment and task scheduling for distributed embedded computer systems. Such systems have a large number of constra...
Abstract: We present a formal framework to talk and reason about dependable systems. The framework is based on three distinct classes of (system specification) properties we call s...
Zinaida Benenson, Felix C. Freiling, Thorsten Holz...
Service discovery in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is an integral part for collective application interoperability. The discovery process must cope not only with transient commun...
Andronikos Nedos, Kulpreet Singh, Raymond Cunningh...
This paper presents a simulation analysis for the evaluation of the admission region of a IEEE 802.11e network adopting the EDCA (Enhanced Distributed Channel Access) mechanism. In...
Rosario Giuseppe Garroppo, Stefano Giordano, Stefa...
Grids are distributed infrastructures that have been used as an important and powerful resource for distributed computing. Since the nodes of a grid can potentially be located in ...