Unstructured peer-to-peer networks have become a very popular method for content distribution in the past few years. By not enforcing strict rules on the network’s topology or c...
Brian D. Connelly, Christopher W. Bowron, Li Xiao,...
— The paper presents a thought experiment as to the feasibility of using large scale wireless sensor networks as a vehicle for high level scientific investigation. The discussion...
Gossip protocols provide probabilistic reliability and scalability, but their inherent randomness may lead to high variation in number of messages that are received at different n...
Jay A. Patel, Indranil Gupta, Noshir S. Contractor
In this research, we re-arrange FIPA’s ACL performatives to form a subsumption lattice (ontology) and apply a theory of social commitments to achieve a simplified and observable...
It is known that five points in 3 generically determine a finite number of cylinders containing those points. We discuss ways in which it can be shown that the generic (complex) nu...