The divide-and-conquer principle is a majoi paradigm of algorithms design. Corresponding cost functions satisfy recurrences that directly reflect the decomposition mechanism used i...
Current technology trends make it possible to build communication networks that can support high performance distributed computing. This paper describes issues in the design of a ...
Thomas E. Anderson, Susan S. Owicki, James B. Saxe...
Given the decreasing cost of non-volatile RAM (NVRAM), by the late 1990's it will be feasible for most workstations to include a megabyte or more of NVRAM, enabling the desig...
Mary Baker, Satoshi Asami, Etienne Deprit, John K....
We describe and evaluate a strategy for declustering the parity encoding in a redundant disk array. This declustered parity organization balances cost against data reliability and...
There have been innumerable glowing reports of the way hypermedia systems allow users to explore and use vast amounts of information in ways not possible using traditional informa...