We begin by observing that (discrete-time) QuasiBirth-Death Processes (QBDs) are equivalent, in a precise sense, to (discrete-time) probabilistic 1-Counter Automata (p1CAs), and b...
Interactive 3D games are now widely available on a variety of mobile devices for which battery-life is a major concern. Many of these devices support voltage/frequencyscalable pro...
Research on TCP performance relies either on simulation programs, which run on a single machine, or on the use of real testbeds, where different machines represent different netwo...
Carlo Caini, Rosario Firrincieli, Renzo Davoli, Da...
In this paper we shall introduce a new electronic payment concept based on the popular direct debit payment model, entitled periodical payments. The direct debit model currently i...
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have recently gained increasing attention and have emerged as a technology with great potential for a wide range of applications. WMNs can be conside...
Asad Amir Pirzada, Marius Portmann, Jadwiga Induls...