We build an analytical model for an application utilizing master-slave paradigm. In the model, only three architecture parameters are used: latency, bandwidth and flop rate. Instea...
Ever since the `early days' of database management systems, clustering has proven to be one of the most effective performance enhancement techniques for object oriented datab...
Asynchronous systems are being viewed as an increasingly viable alternative to purely synchronous systems. This paper gives an overview of the current state of the art in practica...
Organizations spend significant resources tracking customer satisfaction and managing service delivery. Although a great deal of effort is expended in understanding what goes on w...
An object model for computer graphics applications should contain two aspects of information: shape and reflectance properties of the object. A number of techniques have been deve...