Replication is a commonly proposed solution to problems of scale associated with distributed services. However, when a service is replicated, each client must be assigned a server...
As the disks typically found in personal computers grow larger, protecting data by replicating it on a collection of “peer” systems rather than on dedicated high performance s...
Dmitry Brodsky, Michael J. Feeley, Norman C. Hutch...
A stochastic formulation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using an approach based on Bayesian categorical data models has been developed. However, in categorical data model...
Bandwidth allocation for different service classes in heterogeneous wireless networks is an important issue for service provider in terms of balancing service quality and profit. I...
The emergence of computational grids has lead to an increased reliance on task schedulers that can guarantee the completion of tasks that are executed on unreliable systems. There...
Daniel C. Vanderster, Nikitas J. Dimopoulos, Randa...