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...
In this article we provide a model for the dynamic behavior of media processing chains of tasks communicating via bounded buffers. The aim is to find the overall behavior of a cha...
M. A. Weffers-Albu, Johan J. Lukkien, Elisabet F. ...
Speech translation (ST) is an enabling technology for cross-lingual oral communication. A ST system consists of two major components: an automatic speech recognizer (ASR) and a ma...
In this paper we introduce the iTask system: a set of combinators to specify work flows in a pure functional language at a very high level of abstraction. Work flow systems are au...
Rinus Plasmeijer, Peter Achten, Pieter W. M. Koopm...
- In recent years, there has been a rapid and wide spread proliferation of non-traditional embedded computing platforms such as digital camcorders, cellular phones, and portable me...
Myoung-Jo Jung, Moon-Haeng Cho, Yong-Hee Kim, Cheo...