— Distributed computing systems are increasingly being created as self-organizing collections of many autonomous (human or software) agents cooperating as peers. Peer-to-peer coo...
High performance application development remains challenging, particularly for scientists making the transition to a Grid environment. In general areas of computing, virtual envir...
This paper examines how computation can be mapped across the nodes of a distributed search system to effectively utilize available resources. We specifically address computationa...
Larry Huston, Alex Nizhner, Padmanabhan Pillai, Ra...
Computer aided tests replace traditional written answers on paper sheets with electronic records. For subjective tests, computers are not able to do all grading jobs, due to limit...
This paper presents an approach for investigating in a predictive way potential disruptive effects of interruptions on task performance in a multitasking environment. The approach...
Philippe A. Palanque, Marco Winckler, Jean-Fran&cc...