A model of a distributed system is an abstraction which defines the assumptions, properties, and guarantees of the system, helping to simplify its complexity and diversity. Common models of ...

Even though this fact, there is a lack of suitable tools to properly model and analyze these aspects, with particular reference to reliability. To fill this gap, we propose the dynamic reliability ...

Abstract: Dynamic task allocation for distributed computing systems (DCS) is an important goal to be achieved ... In this paper, we propose two dynamic task allocation models which are: 1) the ...

Section 2 presents an EC model of the power system based on MAS. Section 3 ... distributed power sources, energy storage systems and loads. For this topology, traditional power dispatch strategies are ...