Conventional performance evaluation mechanisms focus on dedicated distributed systems. Grid computing infrastructure, on another hand, is a shared collaborative environment constr...
A dynamically extensible control plane is a key enabling feature of next generation intelligent selfconfiguring networks. This extensibility can be achieved by enabling service de...
In the multi-agent scenario, interaction among agents is an issue that must be faced in an appropriate way. Modeling interactions by roles can simplify the development of the inter...
Abstract. Our paper presents a novel approach for identifying the key infrastructural factors determining the behavior of systems in the presence of faults by the application of in...
Abstract. Current auctions often expose bidding agents to two difficult, yet common, problems. First, bidding agents often have the opportunity to participate in successive auctio...