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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
2010
ACM
Unlike machines, we humans are prone to boredom when we perform routine activities for long periods of time. Workers’ mental engagement in boring tasks diminishes, which eventua...
ICPPW
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
Abstract—A probabilistic analytical framework for decentralized load balancing (LB) strategies for heterogeneous distributed-computing systems (DCSs) is presented with the overal...
VECPAR
2000
Springer
14 years 9 days ago
2000
Springer
This paper analyzes the impact of hardware multithreading support on the performance of distributed shared-memory DSM multiprocessors built out of heterogeneous, single-chip compu...
PUC
2002
13 years 8 months ago
2002
: In this paper we describe continuing work being carried out as part of the Bristol Wearable Computing Initiative. We are interested in the use of context sensors to improve the u...
EDUTAINMENT
2006
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
2006
Springer
This paper presents our design and experiment of a computer-assisted class laboratory on vectors in high-school. Our main goal is to improve the acquisition on notions by all pupi...