Distributed Network in Concave Operating Environment

Network Optimization with Concave Costs

In this paper the problem of minimum cost communication network design is considered where the costs are piecewise linear concave. Several methods are compared: Simulated Annealing method, a heuristic based on the method proposed by Minoux, and a lagrangian method based on lower bounding procedure.

Network Optimization with Concave Costs

In this paper the problem of minimum cost communication network design is considered where the costs are piecewise linear concave. Several methods are compared: Simulated Annealing method, a heuristic based on the method proposed by Minoux, and a lagrangian method based on lower bounding procedure.

OISIN: Operating System Support for Objects in a Distributed Environment

Using the Knowbot Operating Environment in a Wide-Area Network

Mobile agents can optimize their communication patterns to reduce bandwidth and latency and can adapt to changes in network service. We report on use of the Knowbot Operating Environment to support mobile agents in a wide-area network. Experiments with an application that monitors Web pages for changes show that a mobile program can outperform its stationary counterpart. The performance benefit...

A Distributed Operating Environment for Integrated Robotic Systems

Sensor-based control of multiple robot systems require a large number of sensors and robotic motor units to be integrated. As the demand for agile manufacturing cells to become more adaptable and reconfigurable in terms of both hardware and software increases, data management and coordination of the numerous connected units become difficult. To attain this flexibility or agility, an operating s...