We compare two possible mechanisms to manage a peer-to-peer storage system, where participants can store data online on the disks of peers in order to increase data availability an...
Fault tolerance is one of the most important means to avoid service failure in the presence of faults, so to guarantee they will not interrupt the service delivery. Software testi...
Antonio Bucchiarone, Henry Muccini, Patrizio Pelli...
: We consider a new type of value chain that includes both production and service capabilities for existing product lines and that incorporates new product and service development....
: This paper describes how ADEPT's agent-based design and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system for a real-world application. Th...
Nicholas R. Jennings, Peyman Faratin, Timothy J. N...
The X.500 standard speci es a distributed directory service designed to store information about people and objects associated with computer networks. Its API is geared toward retr...