We describe a decentralized, adaptive mechanism for replica location in wide-area distributed systems. Unlike traditional, hierarchical (e.g, DNS) and more recent (e.g., CAN, Chor...
Peer-to-peer systems have emerged as a popular way to share huge volumes of data. The usability of these systems depends on effective techniques to find and retrieve data; howeve...
Abstract- Procurement, i.e., the process of obtaining materials or services and managing their inflow into organizations, is a critical process in supply chain management. Internet...
Abstract— This papers explores, primarily by means of analysis, the differences that can exist between individual and aggregate loss guarantees in an environment where guarantees...
The real-time scheduling advisor (RTSA) is an entirely userlevel system that an application running on a typical shared, unreserved distributed computing environment can turn to f...