Predictability is crucial in critical applications and systems. Therefore, we examine sources of uncertainty for each of the four phases that span a project lifecycle, from initial...
Metacomputing frameworks have received renewed attention of late, fueled both by advances in hardware and networking, and by novel concepts such as computational grids. However the...
Mauro Migliardi, Jack Dongarra, Al Geist, Vaidy S....
Belief revision theory aims to describe how one should change one's beliefs when they are contradicted by newly input information. The guiding principle of belief revision th...
This paper presents several methods to construct trapdoor block ciphers. A trapdoor cipher contains some hidden structure; knowledge of this structure allows an attacker to obtain ...
In order to understand some problems associated with workflow, we set out an analysis of workflow systems, identifying a number of basic issues in the underlying technology. This ...
Paul Dourish, Jim Holmes, Allan MacLean, Pernille ...