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ICPPW
2009
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Decentralized Load Balancing for Improving Reliability in Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
Abstract—A probabilistic analytical framework for decentralized load balancing (LB) strategies for heterogeneous distributed-computing systems (DCSs) is presented with the overal...
Jorge E. Pezoa, Sagar Dhakal, Majeed M. Hayat
INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Throughput of Slotted ALOHA with Encoding Rate Optimization and Multipacket Reception
—This paper considers a slotted ALOHA random access system where users send packets to a common receiver with multipacket reception capability. A collection of m users access the...
Paolo Minero, Massimo Franceschetti
RECSYS
2009
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Collaborative prediction and ranking with non-random missing data
A fundamental aspect of rating-based recommender systems is the observation process, the process by which users choose the items they rate. Nearly all research on collaborative ï¬...
Benjamin M. Marlin, Richard S. Zemel
CDC
2008
IEEE
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15 years 11 months ago
State estimation of nonlinear systems with Markov state reset
— We present a novel observer design for a class of single-output nonlinear systems with Markov jumps. The Markov jump process interferes with a deterministic nonlinear dynamics ...
Stefano Battilotti
CVPR
2008
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
The statistical modelling of fingerprint minutiae distribution with implications for fingerprint individuality studies
The spatial distribution of fingerprint minutiae is a core problem in the fingerprint individuality study, the cornerstone of the fingerprint authentication technology. Previously...
Jiansheng Chen, Yiu Sang Moon