We present an efficient algorithm for exact calculation and minimization of expected waiting times of all passengers using a bank of elevators. The dynamics of the system are rep...
With steady improvement in the reliability and performance of communication devices, routing instabilities now contribute to many of the remaining service degradations and interru...
Haldane Peterson, Soumya Sen, Jaideep Chandrasheka...
— As firms increasingly rely on information systems to perform critical functions the consequences of software defects can be catastrophic. Although the software engineering lite...
Donald E. Harter, Chris F. Kemerer, Sandra Slaught...
Distributed hash tables (DHTs), used in a number of structured peer-to-peer (P2P) systems provide efficient mechanisms for resource placement and location. A key distinguishing fe...
Ronaldo A. Ferreira, Suresh Jagannathan, Ananth Gr...
Through web service technology, distributed applications can be built in a exible manner, bringing tremendous power to applications on the web. However, this exibility poses sig...