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PC
2000
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Trading accuracy for speed in parallel simulated annealing with simultaneous moves
A common approach to parallelizing simulated annealing to generate several perturbations to the current solution simultaneously, requiring synchronization to guarantee correct eva...
M. D. Durand, Steve R. White
WICOMM
2008
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SYNC-NET: distributed time synchronization in clustered sensor networks
Time synchronization is essential for several ad-hoc network protocols and applications, such as TDMA scheduling and data aggregation. In this paper, we propose a time synchronizat...
Ossama Younis, Sonia Fahmy
TSP
2008
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Code-Assisted Synchronization for UWB-IR Systems: Algorithms and Analysis
Timing synchronization is a critical challenge in ultra-wideband impulse radios (UWB-IRs). Conventional fulldigital synchronization methods encounter implementation difficulties su...
Yeqiu Ying, Mounir Ghogho, Ananthram Swami
TON
2008
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Race conditions in coexisting overlay networks
By allowing end hosts to make independent routing decisions at the application level, different overlay networks may unintentionally interfere with each other. This paper describes...
Ram Keralapura, Chen-Nee Chuah, Nina Taft, Gianluc...
BC
2005
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On partial contraction analysis for coupled nonlinear oscillators
We describe a simple but general method to analyze networks of coupled identical nonlinear oscillators, and study applications to fast synchronization, locomotion, and schooling. ...
Wei Wang 0008, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine
JSS
2006
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An agent based synchronization scheme for multimedia applications
Synchronization of multimedia streams is one of the important issue in multimedia communications. In this paper, we propose an adaptive synchronization agency for synchronization ...
Sunilkumar S. Manvi, P. Venkataram
CORR
2006
Springer
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A Scalable Protocol for Cooperative Time Synchronization Using Spatial Averaging
Time synchronization is an important aspect of sensor network operation. However, it is well known that synchronization error accumulates over multiple hops. This presents a challe...
An-Swol Hu, Sergio D. Servetto
CORR
2008
Springer
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Self-Stabilizing Pulse Synchronization Inspired by Biological Pacemaker Networks
We define the "Pulse Synchronization" problem that requires nodes to achieve tight synchronization of regular pulse events, in the settings of distributed computing syste...
Ariel Daliot, Danny Dolev, Hanna Parnas
AUTOMATICA
2007
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Passivity-based designs for synchronized path-following
— We consider a formation control system where individual systems are controlled by a path-following design and the path variables are to be synchronized. We first show a passiv...
Ivar-André F. Ihle, Murat Arcak, Thor I. Fo...
SSWMC
2004
13 years 5 months ago
An informed synchronization scheme for audio data hiding
This paper deals with the problem of synchronization in the particular case of audio data hiding. In this kind of application the goal is to increase the information of an audio d...
Alejandro LoboGuerrero, Patrick Bas, Joel Lienard