The use of feedback control theory for performance guarantees in QoS-aware systems has gained much attention in recent years. In this paper, we investigate merging, within a singl...
Ying Lu 0002, Tarek F. Abdelzaher, Chenyang Lu, Lu...
In this paper, we aim to achieve scalability and wider scene coverage through the use of multiple cameras in an outdoor visual surveillance system. Only image-based information is...
We present DEBAR, a scalable and high-performance de-duplication storage system for backup and archiving, to overcome the throughput and scalability limitations of the state-of-th...
Tianming Yang, Hong Jiang, Dan Feng, Zhongying Niu...
Three protocols for gossip-based failure detection services in large-scale heterogeneous clusters are analyzed and compared. The basic gossip protocol provides a means by which fai...
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems are characterized by direct access between peer computers, rather than through a centralized server. File sharing is the dominant P2P application on the...