Distributed operating systems have many aspects in common with centralized ones, but they
also differ in certain ways. This paper is intended as an introduction to distributed operating …

Since 1984, the Condor project has enabled ordinary users to do extraordinary computing.
Today, the project continues to explore the social and technical problems of cooperative …

This paper describes the design of the Gamma database machine and the techniques
employed in its implementation. Gamma is a relational database machine currently …

In this paper we present a new algorithm, DBMIN, for managing the buffer pool of a
relational database management system. DBMIN is based on a new model of relational …

Since the early days of mankind the primary motivation for the establishment of communities
has been the idea that by being part of an organized group the capabilities of an individual …

We present a detailed and up-to-date survey of the literature on parallel branch-and-bound
algorithms. We synthesize previous work in this area and propose a new classification of …

In this paper, we present the design, implementation techniques, and initial performance
evaluation of Gamma. Gamma is a new relational database machine that exploits dataflow …

This paper extends earlier research on hash-join algorithms IO a multiprocessor
architecture. Implcmentations of a number of centralized join algorithms are described and …

A method of performing remote process execution in a computer network. A remote process
execution request, including an identification of a process to be executed, is transmitted from …

DIB is a general-purpose package that allows a wide range of applications such as
recursive backtrack, branch and bound, and alpha-beta search to be implemented on a …