This paper describes a technique called producer-push that enhances the performance of a page-based software distributed shared memory system. Shared data, in software DSM systems...
A distributed decision support system involving multiple clinical centres is crucial to the diagnosis of rare diseases. Although sharing of valid diagnosed cases can facilitate la...
As high-speed networks make it easier to use distributed resources, it becomes increasingly common that applications and their data are not colocated. Users have traditionally add...
Ian T. Foster, David Kohr, Rakesh Krishnaiyer, Jac...
This paper presents a data management solution which allows fast Virtual Machine (VM) instantiation and efficient run-time execution to support VMs as execution environments in Gri...
Ming Zhao 0002, Jian Zhang 0005, Renato J. O. Figu...
In the multimedia field, metadata are becoming increasingly important for efficiently cataloguing the abundant flood of information. (Metadata are data on information structure...