This article reviews the current research on the development and implementation of
automated fault detection and diagnostics (AFDD) technology for building systems. This …

An efficient resource discovery mechanism is one of the fundamental requirements for grid
computing systems, as it aids in resource management and scheduling of applications …

Grid technologies enable large-scale sharing of resources within formal or informal
consortia of individuals and/or institutions: what are sometimes called virtual organizations …

As embedded devices (under the guise of" smart-whatever") rapidly proliferate into many
domains, they become attractive targets for malware. Protecting them from software and …

A fundamental problem in distributed computing is to map activities such as computation or
data transfer onto resources that meet requirements for performance, cost, security, or other …

The detection of failures is a fundamental issue for fault-tolerance in distributed systems.
Recently, many people have come to realize that failure detection ought to be provided as …

Monitoring is the act of collecting information concerning the characteristics and status of
resources of interest. Monitoring grid resources is a lively research area given the …

This paper discusses preliminary work on standardizing and implementing a remote
procedure call (RPC) mechanism for grid computing. The GridRPC API is designed to …

On-line fault detection in sensor networks is of paramount importance due to the
convergence of a variety of challenging technological, application, conceptual, and safety …

Requirements compliant software is becoming a necessity. Fewer and fewer organizations
will run their critical transactions on software that has no visible relationship to its …