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MM
2006
ACM
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14 years 3 months ago
Scaling laws and tradeoffs in peer-to-peer live multimedia streaming
It is well-known that live multimedia streaming applications operate more efficiently when organized in peer-to-peer (P2P) topologies, since peer upload capacities are utilized t...
Tara Small, Ben Liang, Baochun Li
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
On the importance of migration for fairness in online grid markets
Computational grids offer users a simple access to tremendous computer resources for solving large scale computing problems. Traditional performance analysis of scheduling algorit...
Lior Amar, Ahuva Mu'alem, Jochen Stößer
IDEAS
2009
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
Semantics of a runtime adaptable transaction manager
Database Management Systems (DBMSs) that can be tailored to specific requirements offer the potential to improve reliability and maintainability and simultaneously the ability t...
Florian Irmert, Frank Lauterwald, Christoph P. Neu...
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
False name manipulations in weighted voting games: splitting, merging and annexation
An important aspect of mechanism design in social choice protocols and multiagent systems is to discourage insincere and manipulative behaviour. We examine the computational compl...
Haris Aziz, Mike Paterson
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Operational semantics of goal models in adaptive agents
Several agent-oriented software engineering methodologies address the emerging challenges posed by the increasing need of adaptive software. A common denominator of such methodolo...
Mirko Morandini, Loris Penserini, Anna Perini