This paper develops simple approximate methods to analyze a two-stage stochastic distribution system consisting of one warehouse and multiple retailers. We consider local and cent...
This paper introduces large scale content distribution protocols, which are capable of scaling to massive numbers of users and providing low delay end-to-end delivery. Delivery of...
With reference to an object type defining the two basic operations, read and write, we present solutions to the object sharing problem, classified according to the migration and/o...
—Massively Multiplayer Online Games and Virtual Worlds are among the most popular applications on the Internet. As player numbers increase, the limits of the currently dominant c...
—The widespread use of tracking and localization systems may be hindered by centralized server platforms whose performance can hardly scale up to the needs of very large numbers ...
Marco Picone, Michele Amoretti, Francesco Zanichel...