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USENIX
2008
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Context-Aware Prefetching at the Storage Server
In many of today's applications, access to storage constitutes the major cost of processing a user request. Data prefetching has been used to alleviate the storage access lat...
Gokul Soundararajan, Madalin Mihailescu, Cristiana...
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WSC
2007
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An elliptical cryptographic algorithm for RF wireless devices
In this paper, we propose a new asymmetric cryptographic algorithm (HOOD CRYPT) based on the Elliptical Curve Cryptographic approach. The algorithm describes how an orthogonal fre...
Robert Steven Owor, Khalil Dajani, Zephyrinus Okon...
WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
Towards a framework for healthcare simulation
The changing needs of healthcare provision around the world are forcing service designers and decision makers to adopt new tools in design and evaluation of processes. Apart from ...
Tillal Eldabi, Terry Young
USENIX
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Remote Profiling of Resource Constraints of Web Servers Using Mini-Flash Crowds
Unexpected surges in Web request traffic can exercise server-side resources (e.g., access bandwidth, processing, storage etc.) in undesirable ways. Administrators today do not hav...
Pratap Ramamurthy, Vyas Sekar, Aditya Akella, Bala...
WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
Classification analysis for simulation of machine breakdowns
Machine failure is often an important factor in throughput of manufacturing systems. To simplify the inputs to the simulation model for complex machining and assembly lines, we ha...
Lanting Lu, Christine S. M. Currie, Russell C. H. ...