This paper proposes APART (A Posteriori Active ReplicaTion), a novel active replication protocol specifically tailored for multi-tier data acquisition systems. Unlike existing ac...
Paolo Romano, Diego Rughetti, Francesco Quaglia, B...
This paper presents the design of user-level scheduling hierarchies in the Composite component-based system. The motivation for this is centered around the design of a system that...
In this paper we shall introduce a new electronic payment concept based on the popular direct debit payment model, entitled periodical payments. The direct debit model currently i...
— Many distributed multiple access (MAC) protocols use an exponential backoff mechanism. In that mechanism, a node picks a random backoff time uniformly in an interval that doubl...
— Ubiquitous robots need the ability to adapt their behaviour to the changing situations and demands they will encounter during their lifetimes. In particular, non-technical user...