Abstract. Web-based applications are the most common form of distributed systems that have gained a lot of attention in the past ten years. Today many of us are relying on scores o...
Load balance is a critical issue in distributed systems, such as server grids. In this paper, we propose a Balanced Load Queue (BLQ) model, which combines the queuing theory and hy...
We investigate the use of probabilistic models and cost-benefit analyses to guide the operation of a Web-based question-answering system. We first provide an overview of research ...
David Azari, Eric Horvitz, Susan T. Dumais, Eric B...
Nowadays, collaborative product development has become a strategic necessity to develop high quality products at low cost and with quick response time to market demand. Past decade...
Grid computing and cluster computing platforms are becoming the primary development platforms for pervasive computing. The primary problem associated with both computational grids...
Avinash Shankar, Daniel Saffioti, Ian Piper, Ashwi...