KLAIM is an experimental language designed for modeling and programming distributed systems composed of mobile components where distribution awareness and dynamic system architect...
Parallel applications running on high-end computer systems manifest a complexity of performance phenomena. Tools to observe parallel performance attempt to capture these phenomena...
Abstract. The Full Search Block-Matching Motion Estimation (FSBME) algorithm is often employed in video coding for its regular dataflow and straightforward architectures. By iterat...
Vincent M. Dwyer, Shahrukh Agha, Vassilios A. Chou...
This paper addresses the problem of scheduling jobs in soft real-time systems, where the utility of completing each job decreases over time. We present a utility-based framework fo...
Abstract. Computers support more and more tasks in the personal and professional activities of users. Such user tasks increasingly span large periods of time and many locations acr...