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VLDB
2008
ACM
127views Database» more  VLDB 2008»
15 years 10 months ago
Delay aware querying with Seaweed
Large highly distributed data sets are poorly supported by current query technologies. Applications such as endsystembased network management are characterized by data stored on l...
Dushyanth Narayanan, Austin Donnelly, Richard Mort...
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SIGCSE
2003
ACM
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15 years 2 months ago
Measuring the effectiveness of robots in teaching computer science
We report the results of a year-long experiment in the use of robots to teach computer science. Our data set compares results from over 800 students on identical tests from both r...
Barry S. Fagin, Laurence D. Merkle
COMPGEOM
1991
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
A Pivoting Algorithm for Convex Hulls and Vertex Enumeration of Arrangements and Polyhedra
We present a new pivot-based algorithm which can be used with minor modification for the enumeration of the facets of the convex hull of a set of points, or for the enumeration o...
David Avis, Komei Fukuda
OOPSLA
2005
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Quantifying the performance of garbage collection vs. explicit memory management
Garbage collection yields numerous software engineering benefits, but its quantitative impact on performance remains elusive. One can compare the cost of conservative garbage col...
Matthew Hertz, Emery D. Berger
ISCA
1999
IEEE
98views Hardware» more  ISCA 1999»
15 years 2 months ago
Multicast Snooping: A New Coherence Method Using a Multicast Address Network
This paper proposes a new coherence method called "multicast snooping" that dynamically adapts between broadcast snooping and a directory protocol. Multicast snooping is...
E. Ender Bilir, Ross M. Dickson, Ying Hu, Manoj Pl...