Database replication based on group communication systems has recently been proposed as an efficient and resilient solution for large-scale data management. However, its evaluati...
– A classical mechanistic model was developed to capture the existence of pre-sliding tangential deflection (PSTD) in contacting polysilicon and coated polysilicon surfaces. For ...
Michael J. Starra, E. David Reedy, Alex D. Corwina...
This paper addresses the following question: how should we update our beliefs after observing some incomplete data, in order to make credible predictions about new, and possibly i...
In multi-hop networks, the actions taken by individual intermediate nodes are typically hidden from the communicating endpoints; all the endpoints can observe is whether or not th...
Michal Feldman, John Chuang, Ion Stoica, Scott She...
Niche construction is the process whereby organisms, through their metabolism, activities, and choices, modify their own and/or each other’s niches. Our purpose is to clarify the...