Java's support for parallel and distributed processing makes the language attractive for metacomputing applications, such as parallel applications that run on geographically ...
Rob van Nieuwpoort, Jason Maassen, Henri E. Bal, T...
Implementing efficient communication and I/O mechanisms in Java requires both fast access to lowlevel system resources (such as network and raw disk interfaces) and direct manipul...
As the area of data management for the Internet has gained in popularity, recent work has focused on effectively dealing with unpredictable, dynamic data volumes and transfer rate...
Zachary G. Ives, Alon Y. Levy, Daniel S. Weld, Dan...
Modern scientific computing involves organizing, moving, visualizing, and analyzing massive amounts of data from around the world, as well as employing large-scale computation. The...
Brian Tierney, William E. Johnston, Jason Lee, Mar...
We consider the problem of dependable computation with multiple inputs. The goal is to study when redundancy can help to achieve survivability and when it cannot. We use AND/OR gra...