Utility services providers offer on-demand services for multiple users and applications from a shared resource pool. The utility computing environment provider manages resources th...
Abstract— The design of efficient and scalable streaming Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) is an open problem of great economic interest. A key decision is the number of repl...
Sandjai Bhulai, Robert D. van der Mei, Mengxiao Wu
Amidst constant innovation in information and communication technologies, a new pattern of work is emerging. Hierarchical authority structures are giving way to greater decision-m...
Utility functions can be used to represent the value users attach to job completion as a function of turnaround time. Most previous scheduling research used simple synthetic repre...
In desktop grids the use of off-the-shelf shared components makes the use of dedicated resources economically nonviable and increases the complexity of design of efficient storag...
Chreston Miller, Patrick Butler, Ankur Shah, Ali R...