With the evolution of Web service technology, services will not only become increasingly sophisticated, but also move into the area of business-to-consumer and peer-to-peer interac...
Simona Colucci, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciasc...
The ubiquitous computing vision is to make knowledge and services easily available in our everyday environments. A wide range of devices, applications and services can be intercon...
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the level of service that a service provider must deliver. An SLA is a contract between service provider and consumer, and includes appropri...
Tony Chau, Vinod Muthusamy, Hans-Arno Jacobsen, El...
Despite the acceptance of FIPA-ACL as a standard for agent communications, there exist a gap between its specification and infrastructures to support interactions among agents. The...
Abstract. Grids should not just be facilitating advances in science and engineering; rather they should also be making an impact on our daily lives by enabling sophisticated applic...
Andrew S. Grimshaw, Marty A. Humphrey, John C. Kni...