This paper develops analytical models to predict the throughput and the response time of a replicated database using measurements of the workload on a standalone database. These m...
Sameh Elnikety, Steven G. Dropsho, Emmanuel Cecche...
Online social networks are enjoying drastic increase in their population and connectivity. One of the fundamental issues in these networks is trust, which is an essential factor in...
It is vital to use accurate models for the analysis, design, and/or control of business processes. Unfortunately, there are often important discrepancies between reality and models...
Recent work in high-performance computing has shifted attention to PC clusters.. For PC-clusters, member nodes are independent computers connected by generalpurpose networks. The ...
Business processes are increasingly key to the success of companies in the service industry. It is important that these processes are designed and maintained to deliver the most c...
Simon Dennis, Ben C. King, Martin Hind, Stewart Ro...