This paper presents a new fault-tolerant scheduling algorithm for multiprocessor hard-real-time systems. The so called partitioning method is used to schedule a set of tasks in a ...
Alan A. Bertossi, Andrea Fusiello, Luigi V. Mancin...
: Since the advent of Gnutella, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols have matured towards a fundamental design element for large-scale, self-organising distributed systems. Many research e...
We consider a system with multiple interconnected video servers storing TV programs that are received through satellite antennas. Users, equipped with set-top boxes, submit request...
Sergios Soursos, George D. Stamoulis, Theodoros Bo...
Computer systems are rapidly becoming so complex that maintaining them with human support staffs will be prohibitively expensive and inefficient. In response, visionaries have beg...
Appointment scheduling is a problem faced daily by many individuals and organizations. Cooperating agent systems have been developed to partially automate this task. In order to e...