In this paper, we study the NP-hard delay-constrained least-cost path problem. A solution to this problem is needed to provide real-time communication service to connection-orient...
Hussein F. Salama, Douglas S. Reeves, Yannis Vinio...
When the utility of a hypertext system depends on the number of users and amount of data in the system, the system exhibits network effects. This paper examines how the core diffe...
Overlay multicast networks are used by service providers to distribute contents such as web pages, streaming multimedia data, or security updates to a large number of users. Howeve...
We introduce a programming environment entitled Share that is designed to encourage loosely bound cooperation between individuals within communities of practice through the sharin...
1 Data distribution and replication in distributed systems require special purpose middleware tools for accessing replicated data. Data Grids, special forms of a systems distribute...