From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web Evolving Distributed Commu
Internet usage has evolved from a predominately client/server-based Web server interaction to additionally involving the use of more decentralized applications – through which users contribute more equally in the role of the application as a whole - and s
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The Computer Communications and Networks series is a range of textbooks, monographs and handbooks. It sets out to provide students, researchers and non-specialists alike with a sure grounding in current knowledge, together with comprehensible access to the latest developments in computer communications and networking. Emphasis is placed on clear and explanatory styles that support a tutorial approach, so that even the most complex of topics is presented in a lucid and intelligible manner.
Ian J. Taylor Andrew B. Harrison
From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web Evolving Distributed Communities Second Edition
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Ian Taylor, BSc, PhD Andrew Harrison, BA, MSc , PhD School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK Series Editor Professor A.J. Sammes, BSc, MPhil, PhD, FBCS, CEng CISM Group, Cranfield University, RMCS, Shrivenham, Swindon SN6 8LA, UK
CCN Series ISSN 1617-7975 ISBN 978-1-84800-122-0 2nd edition ISBN 978-1-85233-869-5 1st edition DOI 10.1007/978-1-00084800-123-7
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Adina, I thank you for your support and encouragement during the writing of this book, amidst a somewhat laborious time as my words fell ever more quickly off the end of these chapters. And as one delivery ended, another began – to George, our son. Ian
To P & U again (sigh). I will now keep my promise to break my worst habit. Andrew
Preface
Over the past several years, Internet users have changed in their usage patterns from predominately client/server-based Web server interactions to also involving the use of more decentralized applications, where they contribute more equally in the role of the application as a whole, and further to distributed com
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