This article assesses the performance of a virtual pheromone-based sectored dispersion algorithm which is implemented on a low-cost miniature mobile robotic platform using sonar sensing. The approach is a distributed ...
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This article assesses the performance of a virtual pheromone-based sectored dispersion algorithm which is implemented on a low-cost miniature mobile robotic platform using sonar sensing. The approach is a distributed one and the robotic platform and sensor array are sufficiently inexpensive that they can be employed in undergraduate research and/or for coursework in a small college environment
The main focuses of the 2nd International Middleware Doctoral Symposium took place at Middleware 2005 are discussed. The symposium is a forum for an invited group of doctoral students and it provides an opportunity fo...
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The main focuses of the 2nd International Middleware Doctoral Symposium took place at Middleware 2005 are discussed. The symposium is a forum for an invited group of doctoral students and it provides an opportunity for them to obtain guidance from mentors and to meet with their peers. The event is aimed to give students constructive criticism before their thesis defense and foster discussions related to future career opportunities. The symposium attracted many high-quality submissions, ensuring a competitive selection process.
In this article, we describe a grid of sensors to collect patients' vital data and to allow real time monitoring of patients in heath-care centres. We analyse the problem scenario and identify the components invol...
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In this article, we describe a grid of sensors to collect patients' vital data and to allow real time monitoring of patients in heath-care centres. We analyse the problem scenario and identify the components involved towards the construction of an integrated and homogeneous management system. Finally, we present a case study to demonstrate the applicability of our approach
Data replication is one of the key components in data grid architecture as it enhances data access and reliability and minimises the cost of data transmission. In this paper, we address the problem of reducing the ove...
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(纸本)9781424430116
Data replication is one of the key components in data grid architecture as it enhances data access and reliability and minimises the cost of data transmission. In this paper, we address the problem of reducing the overheads of the replication mechanisms that drive the data management components of a data grid. We propose an approach that extends the resource broker with policies that factor in user quality of service as well as service costs when replicating and transferring data. A realistic model of the data grid was created to simulate and explore the performance of the proposed policy. The policy displayed an effective means of improving the performance of the grid network traffic and is indicated by the improvement of speed and cost of transfers by brokers.
In this paper, we present a robot middleware technology named robot software communications architecture (RSCA) for its use in networked home service robots. The RSCA provides a standard operating environment for the ...
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(纸本)9781424400546
In this paper, we present a robot middleware technology named robot software communications architecture (RSCA) for its use in networked home service robots. The RSCA provides a standard operating environment for the robot applications together with a framework that expedites the development of such applications. The operating environment is comprised of a real-time operating system, a communication middleware, and a deployment middleware. Particularly, the deployment middleware supports the reconfiguration of component-based robot applications including installation, creation, start, stop, tear-down, and un-installation. In designing RSCA, we have adopted a middleware called SCA from the software defined radio domain and extend it since the original SCA lacks the real-time guarantees and appropriate event services. We have fully implemented RSCA and performed measurements to quantify its run-time performance. Our implementation clearly shows the viability of RSCA
Based on QoS framework-SWAN, A gateway-centric adaptive QoS-aware multipath routing protocol (GC-AQMR) is presented. It can ensure that each mobile node has a set of link-disjoint and loop-free routing to the gateway....
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Based on QoS framework-SWAN, A gateway-centric adaptive QoS-aware multipath routing protocol (GC-AQMR) is presented. It can ensure that each mobile node has a set of link-disjoint and loop-free routing to the gateway. Moreover, the intermediate node in the path also has the multipath information to the gateway. When the intermediate node experiences the congestion or link-break, it can switch adaptively to an alternate path with the additional path information. Simulations have shown that the SWAN system adopting GC-AQMR outperforms the SWAN with AODV protocol on all the performance metrics: Packet delivery ratio, average end-to-end delay/throughput and the fairness among real-time flows.
This paper addresses the need of semantic component in the grid environment to discover and describe the grid resources semantically. We propose semantic grid architecture by introducing a knowledge layer at the top o...
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This paper addresses the need of semantic component in the grid environment to discover and describe the grid resources semantically. We propose semantic grid architecture by introducing a knowledge layer at the top of Gridbus broker architecture and thereby enabling broker to discover resources semantically. The semantic component in the knowledge layer enables semantic description of grid resources with the help of ontology template. The ontology template has been created using Protege-OWL editor for different types of computing resources in the grid environment. The Globus Toolkit's MDS is used to gather grid resource information and Protege-OWL libraries are used to dynamically create knowledge base of grid resources. Algernon inference engine is used for interacting with the knowledge base to discover suitable resources.
A comparative study between Java and Avaj, a concurrent programming language, is presented. java uses wait (), notify (), and notifyAll () construct to support monitors, while Avaj simply supports the construct await ...
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A comparative study between Java and Avaj, a concurrent programming language, is presented. java uses wait (), notify (), and notifyAll () construct to support monitors, while Avaj simply supports the construct await (B), where B is any Boolean expression. The syntax for the Avaj abort () construct is simple and allows programmer to call abort () inside any method. Avaj also incorporates the selective communication construct in the language. The invariant (B) construct in Avaj allows a Boolean expression to be invariant in a program.
The CSFS (cryptographic storage file system) is a network file storage system that is suitable for a small-to-medium sized networks such as a campus network. In a CSFS, a lot of distributed file servers are organized ...
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With the advent of Grid and application technologies, scientists and engineers are building more and more complex applications to manage and process large data sets, and execute scientific experiments on distributed r...
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