Protocols that provide reliable communicationon top of a network that can lose packets rely on periodically retransmitting packets. The choice of retransmission timeout critically...
Software barriers have been designed and evaluated for barrier synchronization in large-scale shared-memory multiprocessors, under the assumption that all processorsreach the sync...
Abstract: The problem of global illumination is virtually synonymouswith solving the rendering equation. Although a great deal of research has been directed toward Monte Carlo and ...
—Automated distributed sentry systems need only detect suspicious behavior. Microphones and infrared detectors may suffice, as well as being simpler and cheaper than cameras whil...
Nonprofit organizations often need to excel in coordinating with other organizations and must do so in a variety of contexts and levels from the informal to the formal. Their abil...
Jennifer Stoll, W. Keith Edwards, Elizabeth D. Myn...