The performance of irregular applications on modern computer systems is hurt by the wide gap between CPU and memory speeds because these applications typically underutilize multi-...
John M. Mellor-Crummey, David B. Whalley, Ken Kenn...
1 Although widely used in distributed transactional systems, the so-called Two-Phase Commit (2PC) protocol introduces a substantial delay in transaction processing, even in the abs...
Maha Abdallah, Rachid Guerraoui, Philippe Pucheral
This paper introduces XHMBS (the eXtended Hyperdocument Model Based on Statecharts) to support the formal specification of general hypermedia applications. XHMBS uses a novel form...
Fabiano Borges Paulo, Marcelo Augusto Santos Turin...
Life-likeanimatedinterfaceagentsforknowledge-basedlearning environments can provide timely, customized advice to support students’ problem solving. Because of their strong visua...
Stuart G. Towns, Jennifer L. Voerman, Charles B. C...
Analysis of the drafi IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) standard is needed to characterize the expected performance of the standard’s ad hoc and infrastructure netw...
Brian P. Crow, Indra Widjaja, Jeong Geun Kim, Pres...