We consider the problem of scheduling tasks with unpredictable service times on distinct processing nodes so as to meet a real-time deadline, given that all communication among no...
Total Order Broadcast protocols are important tools to ensure coherence across distributed systems. Contrarily to classical distributed systems, pervasive systems bring important ...
Collaborative Systems support user groups enabling a shared environment and informing of its state and changes through a mechanism called awareness. We believe that these changes a...
—A hybrid protocol for application level multicast (HPAM) for live video streaming without native IP multicast support is proposed. HPAM exploits the simplicity and optimality of...
Performance modeling and evaluation techniques are essential when designing and implementing distributed software systems. Constructing performance models for such systems can req...
Debra L. Smarkusky, Reda A. Ammar, Imad Antonios, ...