We study the online problem of holding a number of idle threads on an application server, which we have ready for processing new requests. The problem stems from the fact that bot...
Given a set P of n points in the plane, we wish to find a set Q P of k points for which the convex hull conv(Q) has the minimum area. We solve this, and the related problem of fi...
We consider a monopolist expert offering a service with a `credence' characteristic. A credence service is one where the customer cannot verify, even after a purchase, whethe...
Laurens G. Debo, L. Beril Toktay, Luk N. Van Wasse...
A five-fold increase in leakage current is predicted with each technology generation. While Dynamic Voltage Scaling (DVS) is known to reduce dynamic power consumption, it also cau...
Ravindra Jejurikar, Cristiano Pereira, Rajesh K. G...
Data caches are essential in modern processors, bridging the widening gap between main memory and processor speeds. However, they yield very complex performance models, which make...