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ICDCS
2006
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Hierarchical Optimization Framework for Autonomic Performance Management of Distributed Computing Systems
This paper develops a scalable online optimization framework for the autonomic performance management of distributed computing systems operating in a dynamic environment to satisf...
Nagarajan Kandasamy, Sherif Abdelwahed, Mohit Khan...
IWC
2007
134views more  IWC 2007»
13 years 9 months ago
Disrupting digital library development with scenario informed design
In recent years, there has been great interest in scenario-based design and other forms of user-centred design. However, there are many design processes that, often for good reaso...
Ann Blandford, Suzette Keith, Richard Butterworth,...
IHI
2010
126views Healthcare» more  IHI 2010»
13 years 3 months ago
Designing a personal health application for older adults to manage medications
Older adults with multiple chronic conditions are prone to care transitions, such as seeing a new doctor or being discharged after a prolonged hospital stay. These transitions are...
Danish Ullah Khan, Katie A. Siek, Jane Meyers, Lea...
EUROSYS
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
30 seconds is not enough!: a study of operating system timer usage
The basic system timer facilities used by applications and OS kernels for scheduling timeouts and periodic activities have remained largely unchanged for decades, while hardware a...
Simon Peter, Andrew Baumann, Timothy Roscoe, Paul ...
HICSS
2005
IEEE
149views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2005»
14 years 2 months ago
Fault Analysis of a Distributed Flight Control System
This paper presents how state consistency among distributed control nodes is maintained in the presence of faults. We analyze a fault tolerant semi-synchronous architecture concep...
Kristina Forsberg, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Jan Torin