—We consider resource allocation for distributed streaming applications running in a grid environment, where continuously streaming data needs to be aggregated and processed to p...
It is widely recognized that security issues will play a crucial role in the majority of future computer and communication systems. Central tools for achieving system security are...
High-level semi-Markov modelling paradigms such as semi-Markov stochastic Petri nets and process algebras are used to capture realistic performance models of computer and communic...
Marcel C. Guenther, Nicholas J. Dingle, Jeremy T. ...
A common pattern in scientific computing involves the execution of many tasks that are coupled only in the sense that the output of one may be passed as input to one or more other...
Yong Zhao, Mihael Hategan, Ben Clifford, Ian T. Fo...
This case study looks at the issues involved in operating a sophisticated scientific instrument as a computer peripheral accessible over a high-speed network. A custom interactive...
Philip J. Mercurio, T. Todd Elvins, Stephen J. You...