In this paper, we propose a novel multi-point video conferencing system through error-prone channels, where the aggregation of multiple video streams and resource allocation are p...
This paper presents a precise market model for a well-defined class of distributed configuration design problems. Given a design problem, the model defines a computational economy...
We describe a scheduler based on the microeconomic paradigm for scheduling on-line a set of parallel jobs in a multiprocessor system. In addition to increasing the system throughpu...
Although WSRF (Web Services Resource Framework) and Java-based hosting environment have been successful in dealing with the heterogeneity of resources and the diversity of applica...
The database tier of dynamic content servers at large Internet sites is typically hosted on centralized and expensive hardware. Recently, research prototypes have proposed using d...