nvented abstract representations of value. As time passed, representations of value became more abstract, progressing from barter through bank notes, payment orders, checks, credit...
N. Asokan, Philippe A. Janson, Michael Steiner, Mi...
Abstract— In this paper, we share our experience in designing and building a content based switch which we call L5. In addition to the layer 2-3-4 information available in the pa...
George Apostolopoulos, David Aubespin, Vinod G. J....
Replication is an area of interest to both distributed systems and databases. The solutions developed from these two perspectives are conceptually similar but differ in many aspec...
Commitments model important aspects of agent interactions, especially those arising in e-business. A small number of patterns of commitments accommodate a variety of realistic int...
In this paper the philosophical concept of authenticity is used as a framing device for providing an interpretation of aspects of both ethical and practical action on the part of i...