As an important aspect of grid security, access control model gets more and more attention. Entities in virtual organizations (VOs) must establish a dynamic, secure and cooperative...
We outline a model for a society of agents based upon one of the classical theories of sociology: The Weber’s model. We first investigate its links to agent technology through i...
Jacques Calmet, Anusch Daemi, Regine Endsuleit, Th...
Many systems, such as large manufacturing systems, telecommunication networks, or homeautomation systems, require distributed monitoring and diagnosis. In this article, we introdu...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of witness anonymity for peer-to-peer systems. Witness anonymity combines the seemingly conflicting requirements of anonymity (for honest p...
This paper reports work done as part of the Large Interactive Display Surface(LIDS) project at the University of Waikato. One application of the LIDS equipment is distributed meet...