Correct synchronization among activities is critical in a business process. Current workflow languages such as BPEL specify the control flow of processes explicitly. However, thei...
Economic resource allocation in Application Layer Networks (such as Grids) is critical to allow applications and users to effectively exploit computational and data infrastructure...
Werner Streitberger, Michael Reinicke, Torsten Eym...
Distributed event-based middleware (DEBM) provides a basis for the interoperation of autonomous components in large-scale systems. Transactions ensure the atomic and reliable exec...
Iterative Combinatorial Auctions (ICA) have been getting increasing attention in computer science and economics, as they provide an efficient solution to resource allocation prob...
Alexander Pikovsky, Pasha Shabalin, Martin Bichler
— To ensure the operability and reliability of large scale Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP), a peak-load oriented hardware sizing is often used. Better utilization can ...
Martin Wimmer, Valentin Nicolescu, Daniel Gmach, M...