Within the field of databases that are deployed in distributed environments there is a need to guarantee consistency among replicas and availability among nodes despite of networ...
Service availability in wireless networks is highly dependent on efficient resource allocation and guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) amid overloads and failures. This paper add...
Many real-time systems must control their CPU utilizations in order to meet end-to-end deadlines and prevent overload. Utilization control is particularly challenging in distribut...
Xiaorui Wang, Dong Jia, Chenyang Lu, Xenofon D. Ko...
Business-to-business electronic contracts provide a specification of the agreed value exchange and guarantee legal protection to companies during electronic trading relations. Imp...
Distributed trust and reputation management mechanisms are often proposed as a means of providing assurance in dynamic and open environments by enabling principals to building up ...