Replication is extremely important in mobile environments because nomadic users require
local copies of important data. However, today's replication systems are not “mobile-ready” …

Mobile computing is rapidly becoming a way of life. Users carry their laptops, PDAs, an other
portable devices with them almost constantly, whether their mobility takes them across town …

The authors present a new asynchronous replication protocol that is especially suitable for
wide area and mobile systems, and allows reads and writes to occur at any replica. Updates …

The use of modern planning and optimization systems for process synchronization in value
networks requires the optimal information exchange between the entities involved. The …

Businesses often use mobile text messages (SMS) as a cost effective and universal way of
communicating concise information to their customers. Today, these messages are usually …

This paper describes a fast, reliable, scalable and efficient propagation protocol for weak-
consistency replica management. This protocol can be used to implement a bulletin board …

Abstract The Multi-Agent Distributed Goal Satisfaction (MADGS) system facilitates distributed
mission planning and execution in complex dynamic environments with a focus on …

This paper presents a new asynchronous replication protocol that is especially suitable for
wide area and mobile systems, and allows reads and writes to occur at any replica. Updates …

This report evaluates the performance of HARP, a hierarchical replication protocol based on
nodes organised into a logical hierarchy. The scheme is based on communication with …

A host based centralized logistics information management system collects information
pertaining to all product inventory, and based on this information, issues order, inquiry and …