The problem of storing a set of strings – a string dictionary – in compact form appears naturally in many cases. While classically it has represented a small part of the whole ...
The problem of business-IT alignment is of widespread economic concern. As one way of addressing the problem, this paper describes an online system that functions as a kind of Wik...
Designing component-based application that meets performance requirements remains a challenging problem, and usually requires a prototype to be constructed to benchmark performanc...
The use of smart cards to run software modules on demand has become a major business concern for application issuers. Such downloadable executable content requires to be trusted by...
In this paper the Northrhine-Westphalian metacomputing initiative is described. We start by discussing various general aspects of metacomputing and explain the reasons for founding...