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SIGOPSE
1992
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
An experimental comparison of remote procedure call and group communication
This paper suggests that a distributed system should support two communication paradigms: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and group commumcation. The former is used for point-to-point...
M. Frans Kaashoek, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Kees Verst...
CONEXT
2007
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Can we reduce Wi-Fi energy consumption during VoIP calls?
In this paper we examine if any energy savings are possible by letting the Wireless LAN interface transition to sleep mode during a VoIP call considering the real time nature of v...
Vinod Namboodiri, Lixin Gao
ISSRE
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Call Stack Coverage for GUI Test-Suite Reduction
—Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are used as front ends to most of today’s software applications. The event-driven nature of GUIs presents new challenges for testing. One impo...
Scott McMaster, Atif M. Memon
WSC
2007
13 years 10 months ago
Partial cross training in call centers with uncertain arrivals and global service level agreements
Inbound call center operations are challenging to manage; there is considerable uncertainty in estimates of arrival rates, and the operation is often subject to strict service lev...
Thomas R. Robbins, Terry P. Harrison, Deborah J. M...
MANSCI
2008
62views more  MANSCI 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
Service-Level Agreements in Call Centers: Perils and Prescriptions
A call center with both contract and non-contract customers was giving priority to the contract customers only in off-peak hours, precisely when having priority was least importan...
Joseph M. Milner, Tava Lennon Olsen