Autonomic computing paradigm is based on intelligent computing systems that can autonomously take actions under given conditions. These technologies have been successfully applied to many problem domains requiring autonomous operation. One such area of national interest is SCADA systems that...

Human mobility is the key element of everyday life, its reduction or loss deeply affects daily activities. In assisted rehabilitation, robotic devices have focuses on the biomechanics of motor control. However, biomechanics does not study the neurological and physiological processes related to...

Grid Computing is a paradigmatic application forthe requirements associated with the exponentially growingcomplexity in the engineering, operation and maintenance oftoday’s information systems. Grid Computing comprises evergrowingglobal communication infrastructures and millions ofpossible...

1. Web services integration in multi-agent systems / Davide Guidi, Mauro Gaspari, Giuseppe Profiti -- 2. Extending the JADE framework for semantic peer-to-peer service based applications / Agostino Poggi, Michele Tomaiuolo -- 3. Adaptive ensemble multi-agent based intrusion detection model /...

Low liquidity of cloud markets can result in market instability and inefficiency, preventing the successful implementation of ubiquitous computing on demand. To circumvent this issue, it has been suggested to channel demand and supply into a limited number of standardized services. These...

Cloud computing is supposed to offer resources (i.e., data, software, and hardware services) in a manner similar to traditional utilities such as water, electricity, gas, and telephony. However, the current Cloud market is fragmented and static, preventing the successful implementation of...

Due to the large variety in computing resources, Cloud markets often suffer from a low probability of finding matches between consumers' bids and providers' asks, resulting in low market liquidity. The approach of SLA templates (i.e., templates for electronic contracts) is a means to reduce this...

Cloud computing markets face challenges, such as a large variety of different resource types in the market. A large variety of resource types results in a low number of matches of ask and bids. Consequently, the market has a low liquidity, which is economically inefficient and can lead to market...