this abstraction, we present a new index, the c-index, in which the evaluated objects are the citations received (by a paper, an author, a research group, a journal, etc.), the qua...
Abstract--Many shared-memory parallel systems use lockbased synchronization mechanisms to provide mutual exclusion or reader-writer access to memory locations. Software locks are i...
We study Timed Branching Processes (TBPs), a natural extension of (multitype) Branching Processes (BPs) where each entity is equipped with a finite set of private continuous variab...
Abstract--Today's mobile devices support many wireless technologies to achieve ubiquitous connectivity. Economic and energy constraints, however, drive the industry to impleme...
Lei Yang, Vinod Kone, Xue Yang, York Liu, Ben Y. Z...
Abstract--Directional antennas offer many potential advantages for wireless networks such as increased network capacity, extended transmission range and reduced energy consumption....
Emad Felemban, Robert Murawski, Eylem Ekici, Sangj...