Many modern computing environments involve dynamic peer groups. Distributed simulation, multi-user games, conferencing and replicated servers are just a few examples. Given the op...
State-of-the-art and emerging scientific applications require fast access to large quantities of data and commensurately fast computational resources. Both resources and data are ...
Ian T. Foster, Carl Kesselman, Gene Tsudik, Steven...
There are many technical challenges in designing the architecture of globally-distributed, federated digital libraries. This paper focuses on the problem of global resource discov...
If the number of users within a workjlow management system (WFMS) increases, a central workflow server (WFserver) and a single local area network (LAN) may become overloaded. The ...
There is tremendous demand for the ability to be able to electronically buy and sell goods over networks. This field is called electronic commerce, and it has inspired a large var...