We consider flooding-based resource discovery in distributed systems. With flooding, a node
searching for a resource contacts its neighbors in the network, which in turn contact their …

The agent metaphor has shown its usefulness for modelling as well as implementing
complex and dynamic applications. Although a number of agent applications has been …

In peer-to-peer systems, replication is an important issue as it improves search performance
and data availability. It has been shown that optimal replication is attained when the number …

One of the challenges over mobile ad-hoc networks is content discovery. P2P content
discovery techniques including structured and unstructured can be employed in MANETs by …

This paper presents an analytical framework to study search strategies in large-scale
decentralized unstructured peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. The peers comprising the P2P …

In modern heterogeneous environments, such as mobile, pervasive and ad-hoc networks,
architectures based on web services offer an attractive solution for effective communication …

This paper analyzes the problem of communication inaccessibility in the multi-agent
systems. Apart from listing the main reasons for existence of communication inaccessibility, it …

Mobile terminals (cellular phones, PDAs, palmtops etc.) emerge as a new class of small-
scale, ad-hoc service providers that share data and functionality via mobile web services' …

Grid computing is an innovative approach which can optimize compute resources and
manage data and computing workloads. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical routing …

This contribution defines a metrics and proposes a solution for the problem of agents
inaccessibility in multi-agent systems. We define the stand-in pattern for knowledge …