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LCR
2000
Springer
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Adaptive Parallelism for OpenMP Task Parallel Programs
Abstract. We present a system that allows task parallel OpenMP programs to execute on a network of workstations (NOW) with a variable number of nodes. Such adaptivity, generally ca...
Alex Scherer, Thomas R. Gross, Willy Zwaenepoel
CAINE
2008
13 years 8 months ago
An Inexpensive Terrain Awareness and Warning System for Small Aircraft
For pilots the importance of knowing their height (distance above the ground) cannot be minimized. An error in determining height can easily prove fatal. Commercial and military a...
Kim P. Martin, Dwight D. Egbert, Frederick C. Harr...
AAAI
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Valuation Uncertainty and Imperfect Introspection in Second-Price Auctions
In auction theory, agents are typically presumed to have perfect knowledge of their valuations. In practice, though, they may face barriers to this knowledge due to transaction co...
David Robert Martin Thompson, Kevin Leyton-Brown
INFOCOM
2000
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Fair Bandwidth Sharing Among Virtual Networks: A Capacity Resizing Approach
Abstract—Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and link sharing are cost effective way of realizing corporate intranets. Corporate intranets will increasingly have to provide Integrated...
Rahul Garg, Huzur Saran
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Scalable mechanism design for the procurement of services with uncertain durations
In this paper, we study a service procurement problem with uncertainty as to whether service providers are capable of completing a given task within a specified deadline. This typ...
Enrico Gerding, Sebastian Stein, Kate Larson, Alex...