Challenging usage policy issues can arise within virtual organizations (VOs) that integrate participants and resources spanning multiple physical institutions. Participants may wi...
Abstract. We address the problem of Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for multimedia applications (e.g., distance education, telemedicine, electronic commerce). These applicati...
Hanan Lutfiyya, Gary Molenkamp, Michael Katchabaw,...
Intelligent connected devices become a more vital part of our lives. In contrast to prior years, today embedded systems and devices are loosely coupled and cooperate with each oth...
: Our current societies are fully dependent on large complex critical infrastructures (LCCIs). These LCCIs are large scale distributed systems that are highly interdependent, both ...
Gwendal Le Grand, Franck Springinsfeld, Michel Rig...
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 ...