Abstract. Distributed cooperative applications (e.g., e-commerce) are now increasingly being designed as a set of autonomous entities, named agents, which interact and coordinate (...
In this paper, we take an availability-centric view on quality of service (QoS) and propose a model and mechanisms for studying the effectiveness of realistic replication schemes ...
: A Peer-to-peer Data Network (PDN) is an open and evolving society of peer nodes that assemble into a network to share their data for mutual benefit. PDNs are enabled by distribu...
Abstract. Grid computing is becoming a mainstream technology for multiinstitutional distributed resources sharing and system integration. Normally, the programmer's productivi...
This paper presents a theoretical study of decentralized control for sensing-based shape formation on modular multirobot systems, where the desired shape is specified in terms of ...