The virtual system model: a scalable approach to organizing large systems

In recent years, many researchers have explored mechanisms that allow systems to span large networks. Few, however, have looked at the problems that will confront the users of these highly distributed systems. There will be a huge amount of information available within such a system, and that information will be scattered about. Even if users can access it all, there will be so much that is irrelevant that it will be di cult to identify the pieces that are of interest.

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