Grid applications need efficient access to information about available resources and services. Typically, this access is provided by information services that are often organized ...
Abstract. We address the problem of Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for multimedia applications (e.g., distance education, telemedicine, electronic commerce). These applicati...
Hanan Lutfiyya, Gary Molenkamp, Michael Katchabaw,...
This paper quantifies the performance of typical functional unit interface designs in single-chip systems. We introduce a specific equation to guide the design of optimal module i...
Abstract. Dependable distributed applications require flexible infrastructure support for controlled redundancy, replication, and recovery of components and services. However, mos...
Supporting security in distributed systems is becoming more important with the ongoing work in grids, distributed middlewares and web services. Decentralised security architecture...