Consider a multithreaded parallel application running inside a multicore virtual machine context that is itself hosted on a multi-socket multicore physical machine. How should the...
We present SPNP, a powerful GSPN package developed at Duke University. SPNP allows the modeling of complex system behaviors. Advanced constructs are available, such as markingdepe...
Gianfranco Ciardo, Jogesh K. Muppala, Kishor S. Tr...
— It has been observed that the TCP-RED system may exhibit instability and oscillatory behavior. Control methods proposed in the past have been based on the analytical models tha...
Xi Chen, Siu Chung Wong, Chi Kong Tse, Ljiljana Tr...
Abstract. We present a detailed workload characterization of a multi-tiered system that hosts an e-commerce site. Using the TPC-W workload and via experimental measurements, we ill...
In spite of decades of research on virtual worlds, our understanding of one popular form of virtual world behavior— raiding—remains limited. Raiding is important because it en...