We consider the parallels between the preference elicitation problem in combinatorial auctions and the problem of learning an unknown function from learning theory. We show that l...
Short Message Service (SMS) has become extremely popular in many countries, and represents a multibillion dollars market. Yet many consumers consider that the price cellular netwo...
In this paper, a practical and secure e-mail system (called “PractiSES”) that performs public key distribution and management in a unique way is proposed. PractiSES is a networ...
On the one hand Web services are gaining increasing attention. A lot of standardization has improved their stability and range of application. Composition and coordination techniqu...
The Resilient Packet Ring IEEE 802.17 is an evolving standard for the construction of Local and Metropolitan Area Networks. The RPR protocol scales to the demands of future packet ...