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IPPS
1999
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
An Adaptive, Fault-Tolerant Implementation of BSP for JAVA-Based Volunteer Computing Systems
Abstract. In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in Javabased volunteer computing systems, which aim to make it possible to build very large parallel computing network...
Luis F. G. Sarmenta
SIGMOD
1996
ACM
120views Database» more  SIGMOD 1996»
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Query Execution Techniques for Caching Expensive Methods
Object-Relational and Object-Oriented DBMSs allow users to invoke time-consuming ("expensive") methods in their queries. When queries containing these expensive methods a...
Joseph M. Hellerstein, Jeffrey F. Naughton
SIGGRAPH
1993
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Adaptive display algorithm for interactive frame rates during visualization of complex virtual environments
We describe an adaptive display algorithm for interactive frame rates during visualization of very complex virtual environments. The algorithm relies upon a hierarchical model rep...
Thomas A. Funkhouser, Carlo H. Séquin
VLDB
1994
ACM
119views Database» more  VLDB 1994»
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Bulk Loading into an OODB: A Performance Study
Object-oriented database OODB users bring with them large quantities of legacy data megabytes and even gigabytes. In addition, scienti c OODB users continually generate new data. ...
Janet L. Wiener, Jeffrey F. Naughton
APGV
2007
ACM
104views Visualization» more  APGV 2007»
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On the empirical limits of billboard rotation
This paper describes an experiment investigating for the first time, the perceptual tolerance of inconsistent projections when rotated billboards are transformed and included in a...
Elodie Fourquet, William Cowan, Stephen Mann