We consider a distributed server system model and ask which policy should be used for assigning tasks to hosts. In our model each host processes tasks in First-Come-First-Serve ord...
Mor Harchol-Balter, Mark Crovella, Cristina D. Mur...
Component frameworks, including those that support the Common Component Architecture (CCA), represent a promising approach to addressing this challenge, one that is being realized...
Madhusudhan Govindaraju, Michael J. Lewis, Kenneth...
Abstract-We present a novel framework for the provision of deterministic end-to-end bandwidth guarantees in wireless ad hoc networks. Guided by a set of local feasibility condition...
We consider a scenario in which there are resources at or near nodes of a network, which are either static (e.g. fire stations, parking spots) or mobile (e.g. police cars). Over ...
Jie Gao, Leonidas J. Guibas, Nikola Milosavljevic,...
The increasing popularity of personal wireless devices has raised new demands for the efficient discovery of heterogeneous devices and services in pervasive environments. With the...
Ayomi Bandara, Terry R. Payne, David De Roure, Nic...