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      Applying utility functions to adaptation planning for home automation applications 

      Bratskas, Pyrros; Paspallis, Nearchos; Kakousis, Konstantinos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2009)
      A pervasive computing environment typically comprises multiple embedded devices that may interact together and with mobile users. These users are part of the environment, and they experience it through a variety of devices ...
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      Business-Oriented Evaluation of the PaaSage Platform 

      Achilleos, Achilleas P.; Kapitsaki, Georgia M.; Constantinou, Eleni; Horn, G.; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
      Cloud computing is an efficient and cost effective realization of the utility function principle. Over the last years, a vast pool of choices for businesses has been created. This diversity of cloud infrastructures, ...
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      On a hybrid model for max-min congestion controllers 

      Lestas, Marios; Ioannou, Petros A.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2004)
      In this paper we address the congestion control problem in computer networks offering a single class of best effort service. The problem is viewed as a resource allocation problem. The objective is to distribute the available ...
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      On a hybrid model for max-min congestion controllersAAA 

      Lestas, Marios; Ioannou, Petros A.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2004)
      In this paper we address the congestion control problem in computer networks offering a single class of best effort service. The problem is viewed as a resource allocation problem. The objective is to distribute the available ...
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      An optimization of context sharing for self-adaptive mobile applications 

      Paspallis, Nearchos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2008)
      Because of the high potential of mobile and pervasive computing systems, there is an ongoing trend in developing applications exhibiting context awareness and adaptive behavior. While context awareness guarantees that the ...
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      Optimizing the utility function-based self-adaptive behavior of context-aware systems using user feedback 

      Kakousis, Konstantinos; Paspallis, Nearchos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2008)
      The vision of ubiquitous computing is about numerous devices embedded in our every-day environment, designed to serve humans in a non-obtrusive manner while minimizing the required user attention. These devices are expected ...