Resource allocation is a key problem in autonomic computing. In this paper we use a data center scenario to motivate the need for decentralization and cooperative negotiation, and...
Craig Boutilier, Rajarshi Das, Jeffrey O. Kephart,...
There have been several techniques proposed for building statistics for static XML data. However, very little work has been done in the area of building XML statistics for data so...
Background: The analysis and usage of biological data is hindered by the spread of information across multiple repositories and the difficulties posed by different nomenclature sy...
Javier Garcia-Garcia, Emre Guney, Ramon Aragues, J...
The need for reliability in Grid Systems is a difficult challenge which is very important in the context of highly dynamic systems composed of thousands of nodes. Failure manageme...
Catalin Leordeanu, Valentin Cristea, Thomas Ropars...
Abstract—Despite a long standing need to incorporate human factors into security risk analysis, taking a balanced approach to analysing security and usability concerns remains a ...