We understand distributed systems as a collection of distributed computation resources that work together as one harmonious system. It is the great achievement of computer network...
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / ID Countdown (CSMA/IC) is a collision-free ad hoc MAC protocol. CSMA/IC avoids simultaneous medium access by competing with a local unique ID assig...
The Information Power Grid (IPG) concept developed by NASA is aimed to provide a metacomputing platform for large-scale distributed computations, by hiding the intricacies of a hig...
A myriad of recent activities can be seen towards dynamic workflow composition for processing complex and data intensive problems. Meanwhile, the simultaneous emergence of the gri...
David Chiu, Sagar Deshpande, Gagan Agrawal, Rongxi...
We investigate the circumstances under which it is possible to discourage free-riding in a peer-to-peer system for resource-sharing by prioritizing resource allocation to peers wi...
Nazareno Andrade, Miranda Mowbray, Walfredo Cirne,...