In [6], we proposed a new commit protocol, OPT, specially designed for use in distributed firm-deadline real-time database systems. OPT allows transactions to “optimistically...
Ramesh Gupta, Jayant R. Haritsa, Krithi Ramamritha...
Recursive subdivision schemes have been extensively used in computer graphics and scientific visualization for modeling smooth surfaces of arbitrary topology. Recursive subdivisi...
A novel input device called the Rockin’Mouse is described and evaluated. The Rockin’Mouse is a four degree-of-freedom input device that has the same shape as a regular mouse e...
Ravin Balakrishnan, Thomas Baudel, Gordon Kurtenba...
An interface definition language (IDL) is a nontraditional language for describing interfaces between software components. IDL compilers generate “stubs” that provide separat...
Eric Eide, Kevin Frei, Bryan Ford, Jay Lepreau, Ga...
Some of the most common parallel programming idioms include locks, barriers, and reduction operations. The interaction of these programming idioms with the multiprocessor's c...
Ricardo Bianchini, Enrique V. Carrera, Leonidas I....