In this paper, we take an availability-centric view on quality of service (QoS) and propose a model and mechanisms for studying the effectiveness of realistic replication schemes ...
MPEG-4 which is currently being developed by MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group), is poised to become a standard for supporting current and emerging interactive multimedia applic...
Abstract--The lag of parallel programming models and languages behind the advance of heterogeneous many-core processors has left a gap between the computational capability of moder...
Abstract. Air pollution models can efficiently be used in different environmental studies. The atmosphere is the most dynamic component of the environment, where the pollutants ca...
We present the development and use of a novel distributed geohazard modeling environment for the analysis and interpretation of large scale earthquake data sets. Our work demonstr...