In this paper we introduce Challenger, a multiagent system that performs completely distributed resource allocation. Challenger consists of agents which individually manage local ...
Despite the scalability, availability and resiliency potential suggested by Distributed Hash Tables, their lack of support for replication of mutable data and for strong consisten...
Ben Temkow, Anne-Marie Bosneag, Xinjie Li, Monica ...
We investigate coding techniques to reduce the energy consumed by on-chip buses in a microprocessor. We explore several simple coding schemes and simulate them using a modified Si...
Victor Wen, Mark Whitney, Yatish Patel, John Kubia...
Video on Demand (VoD) services are very appealing these days. In this work, we discuss four distinct alternatives for the architecture of a VoD server and compare their performanc...
Daniela Alvim Seabra dos Santos, Alex Borges Vieir...
The evolution of language implies the parallel evolution of an ability to respond appropriately to signals (language understanding) and an ability to produce the appropriate signa...