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...
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...
—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...
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...
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...