Abstract— World data is increasing rapidly, doubling almost every three years[1][2]. To comprehend and use this data effectively, search and recognition (SR) applications will de...
The increase in the use of parallel distributed architectures in order to solve large-scale scientific problems has generated the need for performance prediction for both determi...
: This paper discusses the issues and promising approaches in (1) obtaining rigorous specifications of the quality-of-service (QoS) requirements associated with application functio...
This paper describes how Condor-pools could be joined together to form a large computational cluster-grid. In the architecture Jini provides the infrastructure for resource lookup,...
This paper describes a multi-loop, modular navigation architecture for mobile robots whose structure allows the execution of most types of navigation tasks in a highly robust mann...