Job scheduling typically focuses on the CPU with little work existing to include I/O or memory. Time-shared execution provides the chance to hide I/O and long-communication latenc...
Abstract. We study a model in which a group of agents make a sequence of collective decisions on whether to remain in the current state of the system or switch to an alternative st...
Shannon [Sha48, Sha49] in celebrated works had shown that n bits of shared key is necessary and sufficient to transmit n-bit classical information in an information-theoretically ...
Andris Ambainis, Michele Mosca, Alain Tapp, Ronald...
Some classes of real-time systems function in environments which cannot be modeled with static approaches. In such environments, the arrival rates of events which drive transient ...
Lonnie R. Welch, Binoy Ravindran, Paul V. Werme, M...
This paper presents an investigation into local mechanisms and scheduling policies that allow guest processes to efficiently exploit otherwise-idle workstation resources. Unlike t...
Kyung Dong Ryu, Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth, Peter J....