The increasing interconnection between computers through the Internet has emergedthe vision of Application Layer Networks. Application Layer Networks comprise anabstract view on overlay networks (e.g. Peer-to-Peer networks, Grid infrastructures) ontop of the TCP/IP protocol. Their common...

A Grid defines a particular type of technological and organizational interactionwithin a computational network, describing supply and demand for computationalor data services[1]. However, Service providers usually have more informationabout quality or availability of the services they provide,...