to discover routes between nodes. The primary goal of such an ad-hoc network routing protocol is correct and efficient route establishment between a pair of nodes so that messages may be delivered in a timely manner. Route construction should be done with a minimum of overhead and bandwidth consumption

processes and management decision making. However, as with any new technology, the rewards come with risks. The primary concern for accountants is the technology’s impact on an organization’s financial data and the internal controls over that data. This paper describes the potential of RFID to enhance

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We set out to identify the benefits and drawbacks of using more than one instructor to teach single section science courses at a large research university. Nine courses were investigated involving widely differing subjects and levels. Teaching models included: sequential teaching with two to six

, allows us to show that the primary drawbacks of flash memory—endurance and long write latencies—can easily be overcome. In fact the wearlevel aware management techniques that we propose are not heavily used.

We describe an implementation of a sizable subset of OpenMP on networks of workstations (NOWs). By extending the availability of OpenMP to NOWs, we overcome one of its primary drawbacks compared to MPI, namely lack of portability to environments other than hardware shared memory machines

Active contour methods for image segmentation allow a contour to deform iteratively to partition an image into regions. Active contours are often implemented with level set methods because of their power and versatility. The primary drawback of level set methods is that they are slow to compute

simulator that is independent of the constraints of the trace generation system. While developing and maintaining a trace-driven simulator is relatively easier than other alternatives, a primary drawback is the inability to accurately simulate speculative instruction fetching and subsequent execution

Primary stress assignment is a recurrent open issue in the literature on Italian phonology. One of the most controversial points concerns the lexical vs. regular nature of stress in this language. Both positions have advantages and drawbacks. In particular, as far as the ‘lexical ’ hypothesis

State of the art solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) anodes are typically Ni based, one of the primary drawbacks of these electrodes is their significant dimensional change upon oxidation. As commercial SOFCs may typically be expected to undergo numerous redox cycles in their operating lifetime