Recent techniques for multicast or broadcast delivery of streaming media can provide immediate service to each client request yet achieve considerable client stream sharing (i.e.,...
We examine the stability of multi-class queueing systems with the special feature that the service rates of the various classes depend on the number of users present of each of th...
This paper reports on research-in-progress designed to understand adoption and diffusion of e-learning (EL) among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in northern Italy. The ...
An important aspect of Business to Business ECommerce is the agile Virtual Enterprise (VE). VEs are established when existing enterprises dynamically form temporary alliances, joi...
Alan Berfield, Panos K. Chrysanthis, Ioannis Tsama...
This paper addresses decentralized multi-project scheduling under uncertainty. The problem instance we study is the scheduling of airport ground handling services, where aircraft ...