There has been a recent interest among many researchers regarding the QoS support for media streaming in a cloud environment [6]. Improper consolidation of server resources degrades the Quality of Service rendered to the customers [3][8]. The main objective of the proposed system is to optimize server consolidation for better utilization of resources to enhance the QoS for the customers. Consol...

Truss-Z (TZ) is a concept of a modular system for creating free-form links and ramp networks. It is intended as a universal transportation system for cyclists and pedestrians, especially ones with strollers or carts, and in particular – by persons on wheelchairs, the elders, etc. In other words, TZ is for people who have difficulties using regular stairs or escalators. With only two types of mo...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Growth of bedding plants, in small peat plugs, relies on nutrients in the irrigation solution. The object of the study was to find a way of modifying the nutrient supply so that good-quality seedlings can be grown rapidly and yet have the high root : shoot ratios essential for efficient transplanting. METHODS A new procedure was devised in which the concentrations of nutri...

The aim of this paper is to present an agent approach in negotiation process modelling in virtual environment of enterprise management. The applied methodological system addresses negotiations of integrative nature. On the basis of literature studies concerning theory of enterprise management in virtual environment, business negotiations theory in conditions of digital economy, theory of system...