Node lookup mechanisms constitute an integral part of any overlay network, and hence also of anonymous communication networks. Today, most anonymizers use centralized directories, ...
The concept of responsibility aims at making a computing system trustworthy for its users despite the fact that failures of IT systems cannot be completely excluded. The presented ...
Data integration is a significant challenge: relevant data objects are split across multiple information sources, and often owned by different organizations. The sources represent...
Middleware has greatly promoted the 3-tie mode of application systems. But as application software requirements become more complex and more frequently changing, the development c...
Abstract. Systems supporting situation awareness typically integrate information about a large number of real-world objects anchored in time and space provided by multiple sources....
Norbert Baumgartner, Wolfgang Gottesheim, Stefan M...