Experimental computer systems research typically ignores the end-user, modeling him, if at all, in overly simple ways. We argue that this (1) results in inadequate performance eva...
Peter A. Dinda, Gokhan Memik, Robert P. Dick, Bin ...
A database application differs form regular applications in that some of its inputs may be database queries. The program will execute the queries on a database and may use any re...
The distributed task allocation problem occurs in domains like web services, the grid, and other distributed systems. In this problem, the system consists of servers and mediators...
The slowing pace of commodity microprocessor performance improvements combined with ever-increasing chip power demands has become of utmost concern to computational scientists. As...
Samuel Williams, John Shalf, Leonid Oliker, Shoaib...
We propose a technique that makes use of a proximity metric for delineating partially or fully bounded regions of a scanned bitmap that depicts a building floor plan. A proximity...
Kathy Ryall, Stuart M. Shieber, Joe Marks, Murray ...