Batching jobs in a manufacturing system is a very common policy in most industries. Main reasons for batching are avoidance of setups and/or facilitation of material handling. Bat...
Current computer security systems are based on the premise that once a user presents valid credentials to the authentication system (e.g. valid ID and password), they are granted ...
We describe how to manage distributed file system caches based upon groups of files that are accessed together. We use file access patterns to automatically construct dynamic g...
Mobile software applications have to meet new requirements directly arising from mobility issues. To address these requirements at an early stage in development, an architecture d...
Abstract--Service-Oriented Architectures address the development of distributed and dynamic service-based applications. Due to the dynamics of their environments, services should b...
Andre Lage Freitas, Jean-Louis Pazat, Nikos Parlav...