A variety of communication networks, such as industrial communication systems, have to
provide strict delay guarantees to the carried flows. Fast and close to optimal quality of …

The paradigmatic shift from a Web of manual interactions to a Web of programmatic
interactions driven by Web services is creating unprecedented opportunities for the …

Current trends in computing include increases in both distribution and wireless connectivity,
leading to highly dynamic, complex environments on top of which applications must be built …

A relative newcomer to the field of wireless communications, ad hoc networking is growing
quickly, both in its importance and its applications. With rapid advances in hardware …

The challenges of pervasive and mobile computing environments, which are highly dynamic
and unpredictable, have motivated the development of self-adaptive software systems …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are deployed to an area of interest to sense phenomena,
process sensed data, and take actions accordingly. Due to the limited WSN node resources …

Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing Page 1 Fundamentals of Mobile and
Pervasive Computing Frank Adelstein Sandeep KS Gupta Golden G. Richard III Loren …

With the growing popularity of Web services, a general QoS support for Web services plays
an important role for the success of this emerging technology. Unfortunately, current Web …

The popularity of online services has grown exponentially, spurring great interest in
improving server hardware and software. However, conducting research on servers has …

Abstract Quality of Service (QoS) information for Web services is essential to QoS-aware
service management and composition. Currently, most QoS-aware solutions assume that …