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IOLTS
2005
IEEE
163views Hardware» more  IOLTS 2005»
14 years 13 days ago
Modeling Soft-Error Susceptibility for IP Blocks
As device geometries continue to shrink, single event upsets are becoming of concern to a wider spectrum of system designers. These “soft errors” can be a nuisance or catastro...
Robert C. Aitken, Betina Hold
PIMRC
2008
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
The limits of theory: Pragmatic challenges in mobile ad hoc systems
—The development of mobile ad hoc systems have considerably emphasized the need for a better understanding of the factors that influence the systems’ performance, i.e., mobili...
Franck Legendre, Martin May, Vincent Lenders, Gunn...
IADIS
2003
13 years 8 months ago
Application of Metadata and Replication Mechanisms in Industrial Databases
Power transformers' failures carry great costs to electric companies since they need resources to recover from them and to perform periodical maintenance. To avoid this probl...
Perfecto Mariño, César A. Sigüe...
WDAG
2005
Springer
74views Algorithms» more  WDAG 2005»
14 years 10 days ago
On the Availability of Non-strict Quorum Systems
Abstract. Allowing read operations to return stale data with low probability has been proposed as a means to increase availability in quorums systems. Existing solutions that allow...
Amitanand S. Aiyer, Lorenzo Alvisi, Rida A. Bazzi
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Adaptive Distributed Database Replication Through Colonies of Pogo Ants
We address the problem of optimizing the distribution of partially replicated databases over a computer network. Replication is used to increase data availability in the presence ...
Sarah Abdul-Wahid, Razvan Andonie, Joseph Lemley, ...