We consider the problem of scheduling tasks with unpredictable service times on distinct processing nodes so as to meet a real-time deadline, given that all communication among no...
Modern virtual machines, such as Java and Inferno, are emerging as network computing s. While these virtual machines provide higher-level abstractions and more sophisticated servi...
Abstract: Lazy computation is not new in model-based diagnosis of active systems (and of discreteevent systems in general). Up to a decade ago, diagnosis methods for discrete-event...
Pietro Baroni, Gianfranco Lamperti, Paolo Pogliano...
Abstract. In this paper, we propose a new bulk-loading technique for high-dimensional indexes which represent an important component of multimedia database systems. Since it is ver...
Abstract. Since 1994, the Alexandria Digital Library Project has developed three prototype digital libraries for georeferenced information. This paper describes the most recent of ...
James Frew, Michael Freeston, Nathan Freitas, Lind...