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IPPS
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
An economy-driven mapping heuristic for hierarchical master-slave applications in grid systems
In heterogeneous distributed systems, such as Grids, a resource broker is responsible of automatically selecting resources, and mapping application tasks to them. A crucial aspect...
Nadia Ranaldo, Eugenio Zimeo
OPODIS
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Small-World Networks: From Theoretical Bounds to Practical Systems
Abstract. In small-world networks, each peer is connected to its closest neighbors in the network topology, as well as to additional long-range contact(s), also called shortcut(s)....
François Bonnet, Anne-Marie Kermarrec, Mich...
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Body and mind: a study of avatar personalization in three virtual worlds
An increasingly large number of users connect to virtual worlds on a regular basis to conduct activities ranging from gaming to business meetings. In all these worlds, users proje...
Nicolas Ducheneaut, Ming-Hui Wen, Nicholas Yee, Gr...
GECCO
2000
Springer
138views Optimization» more  GECCO 2000»
13 years 11 months ago
Domain Knowledge and Representation in Genetic Algorithms for Real World Scheduling Problems
This paper discusses the issues that arise in the design and implementation of an industrialstrength evolutionary-based system for the optimization of the monthly work schedules f...
Ioannis T. Christou, Armand Zakarian
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
The new face of procedural content: a real world approach
This paper describes a project that uses real-world computer-troubleshooting scenarios to test and expand upon the latest research and technical knowledge in the area of procedura...
Axel Roesler, Connie Douglass-Olberg, David Brunet...