In discrete event systems, a given task can start executing when all the required input data are available. The required input data for a given task may change along the evolution...
Systems consisting of multiple proxy servers are a popular solution to deal with performance and network resource utilization problems related to the growth of the Web numbers. Af...
Monitoring network status such as end-to-end delay, jitter, and available bandwidth is important to support QoS-sensitive applications and timely detection of network anomalies li...
Many web-based systems have a tiered application architecture, in which a request needs to transverse all the tiers before finishing its processing. One of the most important QoS...
The focus of access control in client/server environments is on protecting sensitive server resources by determining whether or not a client is authorized to access those resource...