In conventional database systems, performance is primarily measured by the number of transactions completed within a unit time. In real-time applications, timing and criticality c...
A principal goal of agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) is to provide the mechanisms for reusing, maintaining and allowing the evolution of agent-based software systems. Ou...
In distributed systems users need the ability to share sensitive content with multiple other recipients based on their ability to satisfy arbitrary policies. One such system is el...
The authors describe an addition to the conversation regarding enhanced democracy through technologicallyassisted means (e-Democracy) focusing on enhancing and expanding the typic...
Communication of large data volumes is a core functionality of distributed systems middleware, namely, for interconnecting components, for distributed computation and for fault tol...