The increasing gap between processor and memory performance has led to new
architectural models for memory-intensive applications. In this paper, we use a set of …

The distributed computing scenario is rapidly evolving for integrating self-organizing and
dynamic wireless networks. Unreliable failure detectors (FDs) are classical mechanisms that …

Modern distributed systems deployed over wireless ad-hoc networks are inherently dynamic
and the issue of designing dependable services which can cope with the high dynamics of …

Failure detectors are classical mechanisms which provide information about process failures
and can help systems to cope with the high dynamics of self-organizing, unstructured and …

To increase their dependability, distributed control systems (DCSs) need to agree in real
time about which hosts have crashed, ie, they need a real-time membership service. In this …

Group membership is a fundamental building block that facilitates the development of fault-
tolerant systems. The specification of group membership in partitionable systems has not yet …

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is a proposal to assist in the maintenance of the health and
well-being of the elderly or people with special needs. To this end, intelligent devices are …

In this paper, we investigate the use of failure detectors (FD) in Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSN). We provide a classification of FD with respect to some WSN criteria. The focus will …

Dynamic systems are distributed systems in which (1) processes can join or leave the
system during the run, and (2) the communication graph evolves over time. The failure …

With Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), communication between mobile users is possible
without any infrastructure. MANETs are already a necessary part of wireless systems. Due to …