We consider the problem of the exact simulation of random variables Z that satisfy the distributional identity Z L = V Y + (1 − V )Z, where V ∈ [0, 1] and Y are independent, an...
In today’s high performance computing practice, fail-stop failures are often tolerated by checkpointing. While checkpointing is a very general technique and can often be applied...
In this paper, we present a performance analysis of a 2-dimensional preemptive priority queueing system with state-dependent arrivals. Using a Markovian formulation we first comput...
Abstract. As multi-core processors proliferate, it has become more important than ever to ensure efficient execution of parallel jobs on multiprocessor systems. In this paper, we s...
k-mutual exclusion is an important problem for resourceintensive peer-to-peer applications ranging from aggregation to file downloads. In order to be practically useful, k-mutual...