Application development for distributed-computing “Grids” can benefit from tools that
variously hide or enable application-level management of critical aspects of the …

Real-time and embedded systems have historically been small scale. However, advances in
microelectronics and software now allow embedded systems to be composed of a large set …

Application or web services are increasingly being used across organisational boundaries.
Moreover, new services are being introduced at the network and storage level. Languages …

In recent years, extensive research has been conducted in the area of Service Level
Agreement (SLA) for utility computing systems. An SLA is a formal contract used to …

The specification and management of quality of service (QoS) is important in networks and
distributed computing systems, particularly to support multimedia applications. The advent of …

The traditional approach for the development of manufacturing systems considers the
constituent parts of the system, ie, mechanical, electronic, and software, to be developed …

SLAng is an XML language for defining service level agreements, the part of a contract
between the client and provider of an Internet service that describes the quality attributes …

Multimedia Systems discusses the basic characteristics of multimedia operating systems,
networking and communication, and multimedia middleware systems. The overall goal of …

The complexity of modern computer networks and systems, combined with the extremely
dynamic environments in which they operate, is beginning to outpace our ability to manage …

Owing to the exponential growth of Internet of Things (IoTs), ensure that the Quality of
Service (QoS) over IoT becomes challenges at the network edge or on cloud. The traditional …