A quorum system over a universe of logical elements is a collection of subsets (quorums) of elements, any two of which intersect. In numerous distributed algorithms, the elements ...
Daniel Golovin, Anupam Gupta, Bruce M. Maggs, Flor...
Recently, we proposed a general framework for the cost analysis of Java bytecode which can be used for measuring resource usage. This analysis generates, at compile-time, cost rel...
A dynamic model of a multiagent system defines a probability distribution over possible system behaviors over time. Alternative representations for such models present tradeoffs i...
Quang Duong, Michael P. Wellman, Satinder P. Singh...
It has been observed that the degrees of the topologies of several communication networks follow heavy tailed statistics. What is the impact of such heavy tailed statistics on the...
We present a solution to the general problem of characterizing shadows in scenes involving a uniform polygonal area emitter and a polygonal occluder in arbitrary position by manif...
Michael M. Stark, Elaine Cohen, Tom Lyche, Richard...