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AAIM
2007
Springer
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Efficiency of Data Distribution in BitTorrent-Like Systems
BitTorrent (BT) in practice is a very efficient method to share data over a network of clients. In this paper we extend the recent work of Arthur and Panigrahy [1] on modelling the...
Ho-Leung Chan, Tak Wah Lam, Prudence W. H. Wong
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Strategies for Replica Placement in Tree Networks
In this paper, we discuss and compare several policies to place replicas in tree networks, subject to server capacity constraints. The client requests are known beforehand, while ...
Anne Benoit, Veronika Rehn, Yves Robert
INTERACT
2003
13 years 11 months ago
Listen to the Music: Audio Preview Cues for Exploration of Online Music
This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism th...
Monica M. C. Schraefel, Maria Karam, Shengdong Zha...
CCGRID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Exploiting Heterogeneity for Collective Data Downloading in Volunteer-based Networks
Abstract— Scientific computing is being increasingly deployed over volunteer-based distributed computing environments consisting of idle resources on donated user machines. A fu...
Jinoh Kim, Abhishek Chandra, Jon B. Weissman
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Measuring the Robustness of Resource Allocations in a Stochastic Dynamic Environment
Heterogeneous distributed computing systems often must operate in an environment where system parameters are subject to uncertainty. Robustness can be defined as the degree to wh...
Jay Smith, Luis Diego Briceno, Anthony A. Maciejew...