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Scheduling Policies for an On-Demand Video Server with Batching

by Asit Dan, Dinkar Sitaram, Perwez Shahabuddin - in Proc. of ACM Multimedia , 1994
"... In an on-demand video server environment, clients make requests for movies to a centralized video server. Due to the stringent response time requirements, continuous delivery of a video stream to the client has to be guaranteed by reserving sufficient resources required to deliver a stream. Hence th ..."
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In an on-demand video server environment, clients make requests for movies to a centralized video server. Due to the stringent response time requirements, continuous delivery of a video stream to the client has to be guaranteed by reserving sufficient resources required to deliver a stream. Hence

Applying Structured Scheduling in Rural Demand-Response Transportation Applying Structured Scheduling to Increase Performance in Rural Demand-Response Transportation

by Kai Monast, Joshua Worthy
"... Many rural demand-response transportation systems have increased ridership to a level that the systems feel they need technology or increased scheduling and vehicle capacity. Instead of adding resources, capacity can be expanded and performance can be increased by applying a scheduling structure. Th ..."
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the booking process using simple and easy-tounderstand rules that allow the customer to select the appropriate route. This research explains how to establish structured rural demand-response transportation service and enumerates its benefits through a case study consisting of actual service data. The case

A software engineering framework for context-aware pervasive computing.

by Karen Henricksen , Jadwiga Indulska - In Pervasive Computing and Communications, , 2004
"... Abstract Motivation It is widely acknowledged that pervasive computing introduces a radically new set of design challenges when compared with traditional desktop computing. In particular, pervasive computing demands applications that are capable of operating in highly dynamic environments and of pl ..."
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and of placing minimal demands on user attention. Context-aware applications aim to meet these requirements by adapting to selected aspects of the context of use, such as the current location, time and activities of the user. In recent years, a variety of prototypical context-aware applications have been

ATEST OF THE DEMAND RULE

by William A. Niskanen
"... For nearly a decade, I have argued that the Federal Reserve should maintain a target path of total demand in the American economy. 1 The best measure of total demand, I suggest, is what the Department of Commerce calls “final sales to domestic purchasers. ” This aggregate is equal to nominal gross d ..."
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primary point is that a demand rule is potentially superior to a price rule, whatever the desired price-level path, because of the different response to changes in supply conditions. A central bank following a demand rule would not respond to either positive or negative supply shocks; such shocks would

Scheduling On-Demand Broadcast Items

by Miao Wang, Advisor Ilias Michalarias
"... Abstract. The demand for various information delivery services has enormously increased over the past few years and data broadcast has become more and more popular because of its nearly infinite scalability. In a broadcast scenario the key consideration is the scheduling algorithm that determines th ..."
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Abstract. The demand for various information delivery services has enormously increased over the past few years and data broadcast has become more and more popular because of its nearly infinite scalability. In a broadcast scenario the key consideration is the scheduling algorithm that determines

Whom You Know Matters: Venture Capital Networks and Investment Performance,

by Yael Hochberg , Alexander Ljungqvist , Yang Lu , Steve Drucker , Jan Eberly , Eric Green , Yaniv Grinstein , Josh Lerner , Laura Lindsey , Max Maksimovic , Roni Michaely , Maureen O'hara , Ludo Phalippou Mitch Petersen , Jesper Sorensen , Per Strömberg Morten Sorensen , Yael Hochberg , Johnson - Journal of Finance , 2007
"... Abstract Many financial markets are characterized by strong relationships and networks, rather than arm's-length, spot-market transactions. We examine the performance consequences of this organizational choice in the context of relationships established when VCs syndicate portfolio company inv ..."
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as the dependent variable. Parametric hazard models require that we specify a distribution for log time. While our results are robust to alternative choices, we assume that log time is normally distributed. This has the advantage that the hazard rate (the instantaneous probability of exiting in the next instance

Electricity Markets Meet the Home through Demand Response

by Lazaros Gkatzikis, Theodoros Salonidis, Nidhi Hegde, Laurent Massoulié
"... Abstract — Demand response (DR) programs motivate home users through dynamic pricing to shift electricity consumption from peak demand periods. In this paper, we introduce a day ahead electricity market where the operator sets the prices and multiple home users respond by scheduling their demands. T ..."
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Abstract — Demand response (DR) programs motivate home users through dynamic pricing to shift electricity consumption from peak demand periods. In this paper, we introduce a day ahead electricity market where the operator sets the prices and multiple home users respond by scheduling their demands

A Power Scheduling Game for Reducing the Peak Demand of Residential Users

by Antimo Barbato, Antonio Capone, Lin Chen, Fabio Martignon, Stefano Paris
"... Abstract—Smart Grids have recently gained increasing at-tention as a means to efficiently manage the houses energy consumption in order to reduce their peak absorption, thus improving the performance of power generation and distribution systems. In this paper, we propose a fully distributed Demand M ..."
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selfish users select the cheapest time slots (minimizing their daily bill) while satisfying their energy requests. We theoretically show that our game is potential, and propose a simple yet effective best response strategy that converges to a Pure Nash Equilibrium, thus proving the robustness of the power

Continuity and discontinuity of behavioral inhibition and exuberance: Psychophysiological and behavioral influences across the first four years of life.

by Nathan A Fox , Heather A Henderson , Kenneth H Rubin , Susan D Calkins , Louis A Schmidt Fox , N Henderson , H Rubin , K Calkins , S D & Schmidt , L - Child Development, , 2001
"... Abstract: Four-month-old infants were screened (N = 433) for temperamental patterns thought to predict behavioral inhibition, including motor reactivity and the expression of negative affect. Those selected (N = 153) were assessed at multiple age points across the first 4 years of life for behavior ..."
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children. For example, In an attempt to examine infant predictors of behavioral inhibition, Kagan and colleagues selected infants at 4 months of age who displayed either high or low levels of motor arousal and negative affect in response to a series of novel visual and auditory stimuli One of the issues

Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.

by Manuel Castells , Anthony Giddens , Alain Touraine , Anthony Smith , Benjamin Barber , Peter Hall , Roger-Pol Droit , Sophie Watson , Frank Webster , Krishan Kumar , David Lyon , Craig Calhoun , Jeffrey Henderson , Ramon Ramos , Jose E Rodrigues-Ibanez , Jose F Tezanos , Mary Kaldor , Stephen Jones , Christopher Freeman - The British Journal of Sociology , 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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violently the dominant rules on restive subjects. However, symbolic violence has always been a fundamental dimension of power, and it increases in importance over time, as societies make progress in establishing institutional limits to the arbitrary exercise of physical violence. By symbolic violence I mean
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