While the MPP is still the most common architecture in supercomputer centers today, a simpler and cheaper machine configuration is growing increasingly common. This alternative s...
Production grids are complex and highly variable systems whose behavior is not well understood and difficult to anticipate. The goal of this study is to estimate the impact of the ...
Java programs perform many synchronization operations on data structures. Some of these synchronizations are unnecessary; in particular, if an object is reachable only by a single ...
The algebra of communicating shared resources (ACSR) is a timed process algebra which extends classical process algebras with the notion of a resource. It takes the view that the ...
VOD services require the storage system support with multiple disks. SCSI-based systems are usual choices. However, disks can be attached directly to networks these days. Fiber Ch...