In many distributed computing systems that are prone to either induced or spontaneous node failures, the number of available computing resources is dynamically changing in a rando...
Sagar Dhakal, Majeed M. Hayat, Jorge E. Pezoa, Cha...
The Grid and agent communities both develop concepts and mechanisms for open distributed systems, albeit from different perspectives. The Grid community has historically focused o...
Ian T. Foster, Nicholas R. Jennings, Carl Kesselma...
Abstract. This paper investigates the problem of autonomously allocating a large number of independent, equal sized tasks on a distributed heterogeneous grid-like platform, using o...
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technologies promise to provide efficient distribution, sharing and management of resources, such as storage, processing, routing and other sundry service capabi...
Self-reconfigurable or metamorphic robots can change their individual and collective shape and size to meet operational demands. Since these robots are constructed from a set of a...