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EUROMICRO
2003
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
Modelling the performance of CORBA using Layered Queueing Networks
One of the typical features of distributed systems is the heterogeneity of its components (e.g. geographical spreading and different platform architectures), leading to interopera...
Tom Verdickt, Bart Dhoedt, Frank Gielen, Piet Deme...
SRDS
2000
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Implementing a Reflective Fault-Tolerant CORBA System
The use of reflection becomes today popular for the implementation of non-functional mechanisms such as for fault-tolerance. The main benefits of reflection are separation of conc...
Marc-Olivier Killijian, Jean-Charles Fabre
FAST
2009
14 years 7 months ago
BORG: Block-reORGanization for Self-optimizing Storage Systems
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of BORG, a self-optimizing storage system that performs automatic block reorganization based on the observed I/O wor...
Medha Bhadkamkar, Jorge Guerra, Luis Useche, Sam B...
DSN
2003
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
Design and Implementation of a Consistent Time Service for Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Clock-related operations are one of the many sources of replica non-determinism and of replica inconsistency in fault-tolerant distributed systems. In passive replication, if the ...
Wenbing Zhao, Louise E. Moser, P. M. Melliar-Smith
MICCAI
1999
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
A Steady-Hand Robotic System for Microsurgical Augmentation
This paper reports the development of a robotic system designed to extend a human’s ability to perform small-scale (sub-millimeter) manipulation tasks requiring human judgement, ...
Russell H. Taylor, Patrick S. Jensen, Louis L. Whi...