: In order to conceal their identity and origin, network based intruders seldom attack directly from their own hosts, but rather stage their attacks through intermediate `stepping ...
Short cycle connectivity is a generalization of ordinary connectivity—two vertices have to be connected by a sequence of short cycles, in which two consecutive cycles have at le...
Optimistic replication is a fundamental technique for supporting concurrent work practices in mobile environments. However, due to sudden and frequent transitions to weakly connec...
Abstract Fault-tolerant communication in a distributed system requires reliable connection management and message delivery. Reliable connection management includes the guarantee of...