To architect dependable distributed component-based, transactional systems, failures as
well as their mitigation behaviors must be analyzed. Analysis helps in planning if, where and …

Programming is modeling the reality. Most of the times, the mapping between source code
and the real world concepts are captured implicitly in the names of identifiers. Making these …

In this paper, we refer a phenomenon of relatively high error rates against random forgeries
in online signature verification. Though human can easily distinguish random forgeries from …

For years, transactional protocols have been defined for particular application needs.
Traditionally, when implementing a transaction service, a protocol is chosen and remains …

We present a middleware platform for assembling pervasive applications that demand fault-
tolerance and adaptivity in distributed, dynamic environments. Unlike typical adaptive …

In distributed transaction processing, atomic commit protocol (ACP) is used to ensure
database consistency. With the use of commodity compute nodes and networks, failures …

It is widely accepted that middleware is an important architectural element which facilitates
the development of software systems. In this paper we propose a novel approach for …

Despite many research in the area of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in recent years, the
programming of sensor nodes is still time-consuming and tedious. One of the new …

In recent years, much research has been done in the area of wireless sensor networks
(WSNs). Nevertheless, the programming of sensor nodes is still a time-consuming and …

This paper tackles the problem of composition of transaction services, which are governed
by various transaction standards. Among others, we can cite the Object Transaction Service …