In this paper, we propose two mechanisms, differentiation by backoff exponent and differentiation by the size of contention window, for IEEE 802.15.4 sensor networks to provide mul...
Multi-level transactions are a variant of open nested transactions in which the subtransactions correspond to operations at different levels of a layered system architecture. The ...
In this work we explore how the complexity of a problem domain affects the performance of evolutionary search using a performance-based restart policy. Previous research indicates...
Class Based Weighted Fair Queueing (CBWFQ) is a very important router discipline that allows different types of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic like voice, video, and best effort d...
Martin J. Fischer, Denise M. Bevilacqua Masi, John...
A typical wafer fab requires numerous decisions for daily operations. Even small decisions on system configurations may have significant impact on the overall fab performance. One...
Daniel Noack, Boon-Ping Gan, Peter Lendermann, Oli...