This paper describes an architecture that provides support for quality of service (QoS) specification and enforcement in heterogeneous distributed computing systems. The Quartz Qo...
A principle task in parallel and distributed systems is to reduce the communication load in the interconnection network, as this is usually the major bottleneck for the performanc...
In this paper we present the design and implementation of the mission-oriented USLHCNet for HEP research community and the UltraLight network testbed. The design philosophy for th...
Harvey B. Newman, Dimitri Bourilkov, Julian J. Bun...
The dynamics and throughput of a bucket brigade production system is studied when workersÕ speeds increase due to learning. It is shown that, if the rules of the bucket brigade s...
Data futures in a metacomputing system refer to data products that have not yet been created but which can be uniquely named and manipulated. We employ data flow mechanisms expres...