We present a deadlock avoidance algorithm for distributed systems that guarantees liveness. Deadlock avoidance in distributed systems is a hard problem and general solutions are c...
This paper presents the "Solar" system framework that allows resources to advertise context-sensitive names and for applications to make context-sensitive name queries. ...
Information systems outsourcing has been viewed as an attractive option by many senior managers generally because of the belief that IS outsourcing vendors can achieve economies o...
Often, parallel and distributed computing systems must operate in an environment replete with uncertainty. Determining a resource allocation that accounts for this uncertainty in ...
Vladimir Shestak, Jay Smith, Howard Jay Siegel, An...
This paper considers a matrix-based discrete event control approach for a warehouse. The control system is organized in two modules: a dynamic model and a controller. The model pro...
Vincenzo Giordano, Jing Bing Zhang, David Naso, Fr...