It is challenging to process transactions in a timely fashion using fresh data, e.g., current stock prices, since database workloads may considerably vary due to dynamic data/reso...
We study stochastic models to mitigate the risk of poor Quality-of-Service (QoS) in computational markets. Consumers who purchase services expect both price and performance guaran...
Capacity planning is a technique which can be used to predict the computing resource needs of an organization for the future after studying current usage patterns. This is of spec...
Today’s multimedia environments are characterized by different stationary and a growing number of mobile devices, like PDAs or even mobile phones. To meet their requirements reg...
Michael Repplinger, Florian Winter, Marco Lohse, P...
Forecasting workflow activity durations is of great importance to support satisfactory QoS in workflow systems. Traditionally, a workflow system is often designed to facilitate the...