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WSC
2008
15 years 6 months ago
Optimizing staffing schedule in light of patient satisfaction for the whole outpatient hospital ward
The waiting time for patients in outpatient departments of hospitals is a problem throughout the world. In this context, a discrete-event-simulation model was developed to examine...
Soemon Takakuwa, Athula Wijewickrama
ISQED
2009
IEEE
137views Hardware» more  ISQED 2009»
15 years 10 months ago
Active decap design considerations for optimal supply noise reduction
Active decoupling capacitors (decaps) are more effective than passive decaps at reducing local IR-drop problems in the power distribution network. In the basic active decap, two p...
Xiongfei Meng, Resve A. Saleh
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GLVLSI
2010
IEEE
172views VLSI» more  GLVLSI 2010»
15 years 8 months ago
Online convex optimization-based algorithm for thermal management of MPSoCs
Meeting the temperature constraints and reducing the hot-spots are critical for achieving reliable and efficient operation of complex multi-core systems. The goal of thermal mana...
Francesco Zanini, David Atienza, Giovanni De Miche...
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SIGCOMM
2010
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Greening backbone networks: reducing energy consumption by shutting off cables in bundled links
In backbone networks, the line cards that drive the links between neighboring routers consume a large amount of energy. Since these networks are typically overprovisioned, selecti...
Will Fisher, Martin Suchara, Jennifer Rexford
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VLDB
1991
ACM
122views Database» more  VLDB 1991»
15 years 7 months ago
An Iterative Method for Distributed Database Design
The development of a distributed database systemrequires effective solutions to many complex and interrelated design problems. The cost dependenciesbetween query optimization and ...
Rex Blankinship, Alan R. Hevner, S. Bing Yao