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TASE
2008
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Optimization of Joint Replacement Policies for Multipart Systems by a Rollout Framework
Maintaining an asset with life-limited parts, e.g., a jet engine or an electric generator, may be costly. Certain costs, e.g., setup cost, can be shared if some parts of the asset ...
Tao Sun, Qianchuan Zhao, Peter B. Luh, Robert N. T...
IUI
2012
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
PhysicsBook: a sketch-based interface for animating physics diagrams
We present PhysicsBook, a prototype system that enables users to solve physics problems using a sketch-based interface and then animates any diagram used in solving the problem to...
Salman Cheema, Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
EUROSYS
2009
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Predicting replicated database scalability from standalone database profiling
This paper develops analytical models to predict the throughput and the response time of a replicated database using measurements of the workload on a standalone database. These m...
Sameh Elnikety, Steven G. Dropsho, Emmanuel Cecche...
EUROSYS
2006
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Balancing power consumption in multiprocessor systems
Actions usually taken to prevent processors from overheating, such as decreasing the frequency or stopping the execution flow, also degrade performance. Multiprocessor systems, h...
Andreas Merkel, Frank Bellosa
PLDI
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
GC assertions: using the garbage collector to check heap properties
This paper introduces GC assertions, a system interface that programmers can use to check for errors, such as data structure invariant violations, and to diagnose performance prob...
Edward Aftandilian, Samuel Z. Guyer