The problem of spam is a classic “tragedy of the commons” [10]. We propose the Zmail protocol as a way to preserve email as a “free” common resource for most users, while ...
Benjamin Kuipers, Alex X. Liu, Aashin Gautam, Moha...
This paper concerns the design of mechanisms for online scheduling in which agents bid for access to a re-usable resource such as processor time or wireless network access. Each a...
Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, Robert D. Kleinberg, Mo...
As web-based transactions become an essential element of everyday corporate and commerce activities, it becomes increasingly important that the performance of web-based services b...
Chang Li, Gang Peng, Kartik Gopalan, Tzi-cker Chiu...
Dynamically allocating computing nodes to parallel applications is a promising technique for improving the utilization of cluster resources. Detailed simulations can help identify...
Basile Schaeli, Sebastian Gerlach, Roger D. Hersch
While overall bandwidth in the internet has grown rapidly over the last few years, and an increasing number of clients enjoy broadband connectivity, many others still access the i...