—Hybrid P2P systems rely on the assumption that sufficient objects exist nearby in order to make the unstructured search component efficient. This availability depends on the o...
Maintaining a developer's awareness of changes in the software on which she depends is challenging. Awareness is often impeded at two ends of the spectrum: a lack of informat...
Cell phones are increasingly being used as common clients for a wide suite of distributed, database-centric healthcare applications in developing regions. This is particularly tru...
Arvind Kumar, Amey Purandare, Jay Chen, Arthur Mea...
Software systems, component-based systems (CBS) in particular, have a lot of vulnerabilities that may be exploited by intruders. Companies spend much time and money to “patch”...
Distributed systems are inherently complex, and therefore difficult to design and develop. Experience shows that new technologies—such as components, aspects, and application f...