Technical reports from the Distributed Systems group

2005

IR-CS-014.05 .pdf
E. Ogston, M. van Steen, F. Brazier, B. Overeinder. "Data Clustering by Large-Scale Adaptive Agent Systems." Technical Report IR-CS-014, April 2005.

IR-CS-012.05 .pdf
D. Gavidia, S. Voulgaris, M. van Steen. "Epidemic-Style Monitoring in Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks." Technical Report IR-CS-012, March 2005.

2004

IR-CS-011.04 .ps .ps.gz .pdf .pdf.zip
S. Voulgaris and Maarten van Steen. "Epidemic-Style Management of Semantic Overlays for Content-based Searching." Technical Report IR-CS-011, November 2004.

IR-CS-009.04 .pdf
A. Baggio and Maarten van Steen. "Distributed Redirection for the World-Wide Web." Technical Report IR-CS-009, October 2004.

IR-CS-010.04 .pdf
A. Baggio. "Distributed Redirection for the Globule Platform" Technical Report IR-CS-010, October 2004.

IR-CS-001.03 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
S. Sivasubramanian, M. Szymaniak, G. Pierre, M. van Steen. "Web Replica Hosting Systems." Technical Report IR-CS-001, June 2004 (Revised).

2003

IR-CS-006.03 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
M. Jelasity, W. Kowalczyk, M. van Steen. "Newscast Computing." Technical Report IR-CS-006, November 2003.

IR-CS-005.03 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
B. Popescu, B. Crispo, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Symmetric Key Authentication Services Revisited." Technical Report IR-CS-005, September 2003.

IR-CS-003.03 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
A. Bakker, I. Kuz, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum, P. Verkaik. "Design and Implementation of the Globe Middleware." Technical Report IR-CS-003, June 2003.

IR-CS-002.03 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
A. Bakker, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum "A Wide-Area Distribution Network for Free Software." Technical Report IR-CS-002, January 2003.

2002

IR-503.02 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
M. Jelasity, M. van Steen. "Large-Scale Newscast Computing on the Internet." Technical Report IR-503, October 2002.

IR-498.02 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
B. Popescu, I. Kuz, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Security for Replicated Web Documents." Technical Report IR-498, June 2002.

IR-492.02 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
B. Popescu, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "A Security Architecture for Object-Based Distributed Systems." Technical Report IR-492, February 2002.

IR-491.01 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
M. van Steen, G. Ballintijn. "Achieving Scalability in Hierarchical Location Services." Technical Report IR-491, January 2002 (revised version).

2001

IR-486.01 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
G. Pierre, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Dynamically Selecting Optimal Distribution Strategies for Web Documents." Technical Report IR-486, November 2001 (revised). (outdated version of ieee-toc.02)

IR-485.01 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
A. Bakker, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "A Distribution Network for Free Software." Technical Report IR-485, February 2001.

IR-484.01 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
I. Kuz, M. van Steen, H.J. Sips. "The Globe Infrastructure Directory Service." Technical Report IR-484, January 2001.

IR-483.01 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
G. Pierre, M. van Steen. "Globule: a Platform for Self-Replicating Web Documents." Technical Report IR-483, January 2001. (outdated version of proms.01)

2000

IR-481.00 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
A. Baggio, G. Ballintijn, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Efficient Tracking of Mobile Objects in Globe." Technical Report IR-481, November 2000.

IR-477.00 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
G. Pierre, I. Kuz, M. van Steen "Adaptive Replicated Web Documents." Technical Report IR-477, September 2000.

IR-476.00 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
M. Jansen, E. Klaver, P. Verkaik, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Encapsulating Distribution in Remote Objects." Technical Report IR-476, August 2000. (updated version published as infsof.2001)

IR-472.00 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
A. Baggio, G. Ballintijn, and M. van Steen. "Supporting Effective Caching in a Wide-Area Distributed Location Service." Technical Report IR-472, March 2000. (updated version published as sigops.2000)

1999

IR-467.99 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip (modified version of wcw.00)
G. Pierre, I. Kuz, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Differentiating Strategies for Replicating Web Documents." Technical Report IR-467, November 1999.

IR-466.99 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
G. Ballintijn, P. Verkaik, E. Amade, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "A Scalable Implementation for Human-Friendly URIs." Technical Report IR-466, November 1999.
Revised version (June 2000): .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip

IR-465.99 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
I. Kuz, P. Verkaik, I. van der Wijk, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Beyond HTTP: An Implementation of the Web in Globe." Technical Report IR-465, November 1999.
Revised version (April 2000): .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
I. Kuz, P. Verkaik, M. van Steen, H.J. Sips. "A Distributed-Object Infrastructure for Corporate Websites."

IR-464.99 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip (modified version of pdcs.00)
G. Ballintijn, M. van Steen. "Scalable Naming in Global Middleware." Technical Report IR-464, October 1999.

IR-459.99 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip (modified version of asci.99)
G. Ballintijn, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Exploiting Location Awareness for Scalable Location-Independent Object IDs." Technical Report IR-459, January 1999.

1998

IR-452.98 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip
A.-M. Kermarrec, I. Kuz, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Towards Scalable Web Documents." Technical Report IR-452, October 1998.

IR-451.98 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip (modified version of pdcs.99)
G. Ballintijn, M. van Steen, A.S. Tanenbaum. "Simple Crash Recovery in a Wide-area Location Service." Technical Report IR-451, October 1998.

1997

IR-440.97 .ps .ps.gz .pdf pdf.zip (modified version of compjournal.98)
M. van Steen and F.J. Hauck "Algorithmic Design of the Globe Wide-Area Location Service." Technical Report IR-440, December 1997.

IR-422.97 .ps .ps.gz .pdf .pdf.zip (modified version of ieeeconc.99)
M. van Steen, P. Homburg, and A.S. Tanenbaum. "The Architectural Design of Globe: A Wide-Area Distributed System." Technical Report IR-422, March 1997.

1996

IR-413.96
F.J. Hauck, M. van Steen, and A.S. Tanenbaum. "Algorithmic Design of the Globe Location Service - Basic Update Algorithms." Technical Report IR-413, December 1996.
This report is superseded by compjournal.98

IR-409.96 .ps .ps.gz .pdf .pdf.zip
P. Homburg, M. van Steen, and A.S. Tanenbaum. "Unifying Internet Services Using Distributed Shared Objects." Technical Report IR-409, October 1996.