Response time delays caused by I/O are a major problem in many systems and database applications. Prefetching and cache replacement methods are attracting renewed attention because...
In addition to providing small mean response times, modern applications seek to provide users predictable service and, in some cases, Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees. In order...
— Impairments in wireless data communication due to time and location dependent errors can be overcome by using channel-adaptive techniques, like channel-aware scheduling or adap...
Resource management for dynamic, distributed real-time systems requires handling of unknown arrival rates for data and events; additional desiderata include: accommodation of heter...
Eui-nam Huh, Lonnie R. Welch, Behrooz Shirazi, Bre...
The low cost and wide availability of networks of workstations have made them an attractive solution for high performance computing. However, while a network of workstations may be...