Acknowledgements; Preface

Preface Acknowledgements

One of the most pressing concerns in modern datacenter management is the rising cost of operation. Therefore, reducing variable expense, such as energy cost, has become a number one priority. However, reducing energy cost in large distributed enterprise system is an open research topic. These systems are commonly subjected to highly volatile workload processes and characterized by complex perfo...

Preface and Acknowledgements

<bbery is defined as theft or attempted theft by force or hreat of violence. Robbery is perhaps the most impor:omponent of the urban crime problem; James Q. Wilson it "the most costly of all common crimes," due to its high chic and communal costs." This report describes recent ^ * P*** m robbery and presents a framework for yzing the potential effects of a variety of policy •ventions. few of th...

Preface and Acknowledgements

On May 19 and 20, 1994, the Centre for North, East, and Central European Studies (NOMES) at the University of Groningen hosted its first international conference, "The Baltic: Languages and Cultures in Interaction", devoted to aspects of the languages, literatures, and history of that area. It was one of the scholarly and scientific manifestations organized that year in celebration of the 380th...

Preface and acknowledgements.

Preface and Acknowledgements

More than with any other cultural heritage, the work of Muslim artists over the centuries reveals the visual beauty that is inherent to geometry. Drawing inspiration from geometry led to an abundance of aesthetic innovations within the tradition of Islamic geometric design that were inexorably associated with methodological practices. Of particular importance was the discovery that geometric pa...