Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMPs), combined with modern interconnection technologies are commonly used to build cost-effective compute clusters. However, contention among processor...
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems are characterized by direct access between peer computers, rather than through a centralized server. File sharing is the dominant P2P application on the...
Thread escape analysis conservatively determines which objects may be accessed in more than one thread. Thread escape analysis is useful for a variety of purposes – finding rac...
— Disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs) attempt to route network messages via intermittently connected nodes. Routing in such environments is difficult because peers have little i...
John Burgess, Brian Gallagher, David Jensen, Brian...
Users and developers of grid applications have access to increasing numbers of resources. While more resources generally mean higher capabilities for an application, they also rai...