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Verifiable Electronic Voting System: An Open Source Solution, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Verifiable Electronic Voting System: An Open Source Solution, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Computer Science Publications
Elections, referenda and polls are vital processes for the operation of a modern democracy. They form the mechanism for transferring power from citizens to their representatives. Although some commentators claim that the pencil-and-paper systems used in countries such as Canada and UK are still the best method of avoiding voterigging, recent election problems, and the need for faster, better, cheaper vote counting, have stimulated great interest in managing the election process through the use of electronic voting systems. While computer scientists, for the most part, have been warning of the possible perils of such action, vendors have forged ahead with …
Differentiating Web Service Offerings, Halina Kaminski, Khalid Sherdil, Hanan Lutfiyya, Nazim H. Madhavji, Mark Perry
Differentiating Web Service Offerings, Halina Kaminski, Khalid Sherdil, Hanan Lutfiyya, Nazim H. Madhavji, Mark Perry
Computer Science Publications
The advent of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm and increasing use of Web Services (WS) implies that the future will see a large number of services transferred between providers and consumers, using many applications or agents working on behalf of humans. Discovering and using the services is the easy part. Negotiating and selecting the best services from amongst the plethora of similar ones, depending on their cost and quality, is the challenging issue. However, existing WS-I standards neither cater to provision of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), nor their exchange between parties. These standards are confined merely to WS description (WSDL). …
Sla Automated Negotiation Manager For Computing Services, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Sla Automated Negotiation Manager For Computing Services, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Computer Science Publications
Success in today’s marketing arena can often depend on companies embracing effective new technologies and integrating them into their business model. In the computing service supply industry, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are commonly prepared and signed agreements between the service provider and its customers. SLAs should match business needs of both sides of the agreement as closely as possible. This paper focuses on at the steps and activities that the service provider can take to facilitate agreement. It proposes an automated way for creating SLA’s from a set of Service Level Objectives (SLOs). The SLA should achieve business goals, including …