Mobile computers such as notebooks, subnotebooks, and palmtops require low weight, low power consumption, and good interactive performance. These requirements impose many challeng...
y-filled data block results in a delayed write,Abstract while a modification that fills a block results in an immediate, although asynchronous, write. TheSome file systems can dela...
— Stochastic activity networks (SANs) are a widely used formalism for describing complex systems that have random behavior. Sophisticated software tools exist for the modeling an...
David M. Nicol, Steve Hanna, Frank Stratton, Willi...
— Multimedia applications require high bandwidth in order to assure certain level of Quality of Service (QoS). It is well known that the characteristics of the traffic for multim...
Dynamic plan execution strategies allow an autonomous agent to respond to uncertainties while improving robustness and reducing the need for an overly conservative plan. Executive...
Patrick R. Conrad, Julie A. Shah, Brian C. William...