We consider the Work Function Algorithm for the k-server problem [2, 3]. We show that if the Work Function algorithm is c-competitive, then it is also strictly (2c)-competitive. A...
Yuval Emek, Pierre Fraigniaud, Amos Korman, Adi Ro...
In the VTT PLAMOS (Plant Model Services for Mobile Process Maintenance Engineer) project new tools were developed for modern maintenance work carried out in industrial plants by ei...
In this paper, we will present an outline for an online recommender system for art works. The system, termed Virtual Museum Guide, will take the interest that visitors of an onlin...
``Virtual'' is a potent buzzword, freely applied to many situations, with many meanings. In this exploratory study, we develop a more precise understanding of ``virtual...
Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, Katherine M. Chudoba, Ke...
The most popular architecture for parallel search is work stealing: threads that have run out of work (nodes to be searched) steal from threads that still have work. Work stealing ...