This paper will lead you into the world of mobile agents, an emerging technology that makes it very much easier to design, implement, and maintain distributed systems. You will fin...
We present the ColoredPower algorithm, which is designed to provide collaborative electricity demand shaping for residential and small-business customers. Demand shaping for this m...
After installing an OS distribution, a computer is generally not yet properly adapted to go into production at the local site. Security policies must be implemented, local service...
In this chapter we take a look at the application of replication techniques for building scalable distributed systems. Unlike using replication for attaining dependability, replica...
: Sentient Computing gives perception to computing systems so that they can detect, interpret and respond to changing aspects of users' context. The location attribute of a us...