Enabling quality of service (QoS) in the Grids requires not only resource management strategies but also the development of protocols enabling structured negotiation for the use of...
In this paper, we examine the issues of workflow mapping and execution in opportunistic environments such as the grid. As applications become ever more complex, the process of cho...
Ewa Deelman, Tevfik Kosar, Carl Kesselman, Miron L...
The importance of electronic collaboration has risen as successful organisations recognize that they need to convert their intellectual resources into goods and services their cus...
Sajda Qureshi, Andries van der Vaart, Gijs Kauling...
A multi-agent system architecture for coordination of just-in-time production and distribution is presented. The problem to solve is two-fold: first the right amount of resources ...
Multimedia applications are emerging in education, information dissemination, entertainment, as well as many other applications. The stringent requirements of such applications ma...