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WSC
2007
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2007
Agent-based models (ABMs) are powerful in describing structured epidemiological processes involving human behavior and local interaction. The joint behavior of the agents can be v...
195
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USENIX
2008
15 years 9 months ago
2008
Continuous memory leaks severely hurt program performance and software availability for garbage-collected programs. This paper presents a safe method, called LeakSurvivor, to tole...
137
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WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
2007
Lean principles require the identification of an ideal system state along with an associated policy to achieve that state. This paper discusses the use of multi-criteria models in...
174
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USENIX
2008
15 years 9 months ago
2008
Through clean-slate implementation of two storage optimizations--track-aligned extents and track-aligned RAIDs--this paper shows the values of independent validations. The experie...
168
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WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
2007
Agility, speed and flexibility in production networks are required in today's global competition in the flat world. The accuracy of order date delivery promises is a key elem...