Abstract. Context-aware systems represent extremely complex and heterogeneous distributed systems, composed of sensors, actuators, application components, and a variety of context ...
Abstract. The decoupling between behavior and communication fostered by coordination becomes of paramount importance in mobile computing. In this scenario, however, coordination te...
Research on buying behavior indicates that buying guides perform an important role in the overall buying process. However, while many buying guides can be found on the Web, findin...
Middleware has emerged as an important architectural component in modern distributed systems. Most recently, industry has witnessed the emergence of component-based middleware pla...
Michael Clarke, Gordon S. Blair, Geoff Coulson, Ni...
Computer security is of growing importance in the increasingly networked computing environment.This work examines the issue of high-performance network security, specifically int...