Debugging grid systems is complex, mainly because of the probe effect and non reproducible execution. The probe effect arises when an attempt to monitor a system changes the behav...
Massively multiplayer online computer games are played in complex, persistent virtual worlds. Over time, the landscape of these worlds evolves and changes as players create and pe...
We describe an algorithm for rendering animated smoke particle systems in a cartoon style. This style includes outlines and celshading. For efficient self-shadowing effects, we in...
Run-time management of modern Web-based services requires the integration of several algorithms and mechanisms for job dispatching, load sharing, admission control, overload detec...
—In this paper, we present an extended Mobile Backbone Network (MBN) topology synthesis algorithm (ETSA) for constructing and maintaining a dynamic backbone structure in mobile w...