The algebra of communicating shared resources (ACSR) is a timed process algebra which extends classical process algebras with the notion of a resource. It takes the view that the ...
Computational Grids are emerging as a new infrastructure for Internet-based parallel and distributed computing. They enable the sharing, exchange, discovery, and aggregation of re...
The periodic broadcasting of frequently requested data can reduce the workload of uplink channels and improve data access for users in a wireless network. Since mobile devices hav...
To use multiple memory banks in parallel is a nature approach to boost the performance of flash-memory storage systems. However, realistic data-access localities unevenly load eac...
Abstract Firms compete in supply functions when they offer a schedule of prices and quantities into a market; for example, this occurs in many wholesale electricity markets. We stu...