—Large-scale applications are characterized by a large number of dynamic and often interactive group members. The nature of these applications is such that participants are not i...
Brian Neil Levine, Jon Crowcroft, Christophe Diot,...
Abstract. We study the problem of dynamic load-balancing on hierarchical platforms. In particular, we consider applications involving heavy communications on a distributed platform...
The proliferation of mobile computers and wireless networks requires the design of future distributed real-time applications to recognize and deal with the signi cant asymmetry be...
As commodity components continue to dominate the realm of high-end computing, two hardware trends have emerged as major contributors—high-speed networking technologies and multi...
Abstract. An attempt is made to characterize situations in which the use of mobile devices can be useful for the development of collaborative systems. Mobile devices have advantage...