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PGLDB
2003
131views Database» more  PGLDB 2003»
15 years 7 months ago
A Metropolitan Ethernet Network (MEN) Testbed
This paper describes the project, the development and deployment of a Metro Ethernet Network in the city of Morungaba, SP, Brazil. The Ethernet is a widely deployed technology tha...
Leonardo S. Mendes, José H. M. Maciel
RIAO
2000
15 years 7 months ago
A taxonomy of musical genres
The recent progress of Electronic Music Distribution creates a natural pressure for fine-grained musical metadata. This metadata is needed to provide music distribution services w...
François Pachet, Daniel Cazaly
WSC
2000
15 years 7 months ago
Applications of business process simulation and lean techniques in British Telecommunications PLC
Business processes are increasingly key to the success of companies in the service industry. It is important that these processes are designed and maintained to deliver the most c...
Simon Dennis, Ben C. King, Martin Hind, Stewart Ro...
HM
2010
Springer
133views Optimization» more  HM 2010»
15 years 7 months ago
A Hybrid LS-CP Solver for the Shifts and Breaks Design Problem
The problem of designing workforce shifts and break patterns is a relevant employee scheduling problem that arises in many contexts, especially in service industries. The issue is ...
Luca Di Gaspero, Johannes Gärtner, Nysret Mus...
CORR
2006
Springer
121views Education» more  CORR 2006»
15 years 6 months ago
Heterogeneous Strong Computation Migration
The continuous increasing in performance requirements, for both scientic computation and industry, motivates the need of a powerful computing infrastructure. The Grid appeared as ...
Anolan Milanés, Noemi de La Rocque Rodrigue...