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IPCCC
2007
IEEE
16 years 11 days ago
A Hybrid Disk-Aware Spin-Down Algorithm with I/O Subsystem Support
To offset the significant power demands of hard disk drives in computer systems, drives are typically powered down during idle periods. This saves power, but accelerates duty cyc...
Timothy Bisson, Scott A. Brandt, Darrell D. E. Lon...
RTSS
2005
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Hierarchical Fixed Priority Pre-Emptive Scheduling
This paper focuses on the hierarchical scheduling of systems where a number of separate applications reside on a single processor. It addresses the particular case where fixed pri...
Robert I. Davis, Alan Burns
MIDDLEWARE
2005
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Frugal Event Dissemination in a Mobile Environment
Abstract. This paper describes an event dissemination algorithm that impletopic-based publish/subscribe interaction abstraction in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). Our algorithm is...
Sébastien Baehni, Chirdeep Singh Chhabra, R...
POLICY
2004
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
A Framework for Contractual Resource Sharing in Coalitions
We develop a framework for specifying and reasoning about policies for sharing resources in coalitions, focussing here on a particular, common type of contract in which coalition ...
Babak Sadighi Firozabadi, Marek J. Sergot, Anna Ci...
LAWEB
2003
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Collaborative Learning and Creative Writing
CSCL software tools must provide support for group work and should be based on a collaborative learning technique. The PBL based CCCuento tool is introduced here. It is intended t...
Luis A. Guerrero, Boris Mejías, Césa...