The recent technological developments in communication networks have results into a broad range of networks, e.g.,Wi-Fi, Mobile ad-hoc networks(MANET), 3G and other cellular networks, wireless sensor networks, etc. It is envisioned that such diverse networks must cooperate with each other to form cooperative urban networks, for the sake of making use of all the services and resources. Such inte...

We present FlightPath, a novel peer-to-peer streaming application that provides a highly reliable data stream to a dynamic set of peers. We demonstrate that FlightPath reduces jitter compared to previous works by several orders of magnitude. Furthermore, FlightPath uses a number of run-time adaptations to maintain low jitter despite 10% of the population behaving maliciously and the remaining p...

This paper examines some continuities and ruptures in the use of Web 2.0 such as blogs, social media, user-generated content services etc. vis-à-vis earlier web services. We hypothesize that one of the sociological characteristics of Web 2.0 services is that making personal production public creates a new articulation between individualism and solidarity, which reveals the strength of weak coop...

International customer demands in the capital goods industry force providers of industrial services to be present on a global market. Often this can only be realised efficiently by cooperating with partners. But the process to configure a cooperation and choose an adequate cooperation alternative still lacks adequate support. Existing approaches to evaluate services or cooperation are not suita...

Designing efficient urban fire service systems is of crucial importance as prompt responses to emergencies and accidents can drastically reduce property loss mortality. To achieve these goals, holistic location-allocation models for cooperative services must consider multiple factors, such station size, vehicle quantity, type, response time, reliability, traffic condition. This paper proposes a...