The dramatic growth of computer networks creates both an opportunity and a daunting distributed computing problem for users seeking to build applications that can configure themse...
Kenneth P. Birman, Robbert van Renesse, James Kauf...
Input buffered switches with Virtual Output Queueing (VOQ) can be unstable when presented with unbalanced loads. Existing scheduling algorithms, including iSLIP for Input Queued (...
Neil J. Gunther, Kenneth J. Christensen, Kenji Yos...
Publish/subscribe (pub/sub) middleware facilitates loosely coupled cooperation and fits well the needs of spontaneous, ad-hoc interaction. However, newly started mobile applicati...
Mariano Cilia, Ludger Fiege, C. Haul, Andreas Zeid...
Adaptive load distribution is necessary for parallel applications to co-exist e ectively with other jobs in a network of shared, heterogeneous workstations. We present three metho...
Jeremy Casas, Ravi B. Konuru, Steve W. Otto, Rober...
The complexity and dynamic nature of travelling offers many opportunities for technological support. But printed guidebooks remain the typical companion, despite many weaknesses. ...