As mobile devices evolve to be powerful and pervasive computing tools, their usage also
continues to increase rapidly. However, mobile device users frequently experience …

Mobile cloud computing (MCC) integrates mobile computing and cloud computing aiming to
extend the capabilities of mobile devices through offloading techniques. In MCC, many …

This paper analyzes and compares different incentive mechanisms for a master to motivate
the collaboration of smartphone users on both data acquisition and distributed computing …

Grid and cloud computing systems have been extensively used to solve large and complex
problems in science and engineering fields. These systems include powerful computing …

The ever-growing adoption of smart mobile devices is a worldwide phenomenon that
positions smartphones and tablets as primary devices, ie, that people mostly use. In addition …

With the proliferation of mobile devices, and their increasingly powerful embedded
processors and storage, vast resources increasingly surround users. We have been …

The profusion of mobile devices over the world and their evolved computational capabilities
promote their inclusion as resource providers in traditional Grid environments. However …

Mobile code offloading is a popular technique for enhancing the apparent capabilities of
resource constrained devices. It is of particular interest for developers trying to push ever …

The creation of new and better recommendation algorithms for social networks is currently
receiving much attention owing to the increasing need for new tools to assist users. The …

Given the relentless growing number of mobile devices, researchers have pointed out that
distributed computing environments, such as clusters or even computational Grids, could …