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SODA
2010
ACM
147views Algorithms» more  SODA 2010»
13 years 6 months ago
Energy Efficient Scheduling via Partial Shutdown
Motivated by issues of saving energy in data centers we define a collection of new problems referred to as "machine activation" problems. The central framework we introd...
Samir Khuller, Jian Li, Barna Saha
DEXA
2007
Springer
132views Database» more  DEXA 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Exploring Knowledge Management with a Social Semantic Desktop Architecture
The motivation of this paper is to research the individual and the team levels of knowledge management, in order to unveil prominent knowledge needs, interactions and processes, an...
Niki Papailiou, Dimitris Apostolou, Dimitris Panag...
ACSAC
2005
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Generating Policies for Defense in Depth
Coordinating multiple overlapping defense mechat differing levels of abstraction, is fraught with the potential for misconfiguration, so there is strong motivation to generate p...
Paul Rubel, Michael Ihde, Steven Harp, Charles Pay...
GROUP
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Proactive behaviour may lead to failure in virtual project-based collaborative learning
This paper argues that proactive behaviour, caused by high engagement and motivation of the learners, may lead to failure of collaborative learning. By examining empirical data fr...
Pernille Bjørn, Morten Hertzum
FAABS
2004
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
A Formal Analysis of Potential Energy in a Multi-agent System
Abstract. This paper summarizes a novel framework, called “physicomimetics,” for the distributed control of large collections of mobile physical agents in sensor networks. The ...
William M. Spears, Diana F. Spears, Rodney Heil