We consider a variant of the classic multi-armed bandit problem (MAB), which we call FEEDBACK MAB, where the reward obtained by playing each of n independent arms varies according...
As we continue to evolve into large-scale parallel systems, many of them employing hundreds of computing engines to take on mission-critical roles, it is crucial to design those s...
Yanyong Zhang, Mark S. Squillante, Anand Sivasubra...
The proportion of complex distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems made up of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software is increasing significantly in response to...
Christopher D. Gill, Fred Kuhns, Douglas C. Schmid...
Current disk prefetch policies in major operating systems track access patterns at the level of the file abstraction. While this is useful for exploiting application-level access...
Xiaoning Ding, Song Jiang, Feng Chen, Kei Davis, X...
UrbanSim is a modeling system for simulating the development of urban regions over periods of 20-30 years. Its purpose is to help evaluate alternative proposed policies and transp...