This paper describes how recent advances in distributed object computing (DOC) middleware are enabling the creation of common quality-of-service (QoS) interfaces that support nextgeneration distributed applications. DOC middleware helps to simplify and coordinate applications in order to leverage the underlying network and endsystem QoS architectures more effectively. This paper also describes ...

The authors introduce a disruption management framework that incorporates both the probability of disruption and the predictability of consequences. The resulting model prescribes one of four supply chain strategies: flexibility, risk and loss mitigation, agility, and resilience. Managers can leverage the presented framework within a comprehensive supply chain risk management process to develop...

There is strong evidence indicating that the existing measures which are designed to detect a single high leverage collinearity-reducing observation are not effective in the presence of multiple high leverage collinearity-reducing observations. In this paper, we propose a cutoff point for a newly developed high leverage collinearity-influential measure δ D i and two existing measures δi and li ...

In this report, we propose a robust mixture of regression based on t-distribution by extending the mixture of t-distributions proposed by Peel and McLachlan (2000) to the regression setting. This new mixture of regression model is robust to outliers in y direction but not robust to the outliers with high leverage points. In order to combat this, we also propose a modified version of the propose...

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS These studies were conducted with the assistance and cooperation of the Fifth Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, CA. We would like to thank Colonel Brooks, Commanding Officer of Fifth Marines, and Major Turner (his S-3), for their unselfish dedication of time and effort in facilitating access to the officers and staff noncomm...

Full virtualization of the IA32 architecture can be achieved using hardware support. The L4 microkernel has been extended with mechanisms to leverage Intel’s VT-x technology. This work proposes a user level virtual machine monitor that complements L4’s virtualization extensions and realizes microkernel-based full virtualization of arbitrary operating systems. A prototype implementation within t...

Our goal is to extend the capabilities of robots used for laparoscopic surgeries, in particular the daVinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical). Primarily, we have integrated Robot Operating System (ROS) [1] as a middleware for the teleoperation control mode of the daVinci Research Kit (dVRK) [2]. This integration of ROS significantly enhances the ability to leverage the vast number of tools c...

With the rise of new memory technologies such as Flash we expect future systems to rely on a flatter memory hierarchy using multiple heterogeneous memory units in parallel. Operating systems face new challenges in managing these memories in a costand energy-efficient way while maximizing performance. We believe that the key to meet these challenges is to leverage the full potential of each memo...

This study aims to determine the effect of profitability, leverage, operating capacity and corporate governance on financial distress in retail companies Indonesia Stock Exchange. uses a quantitative approach associative research, which is measured using OLS-Data Panel Logistics method with Eviews 10. The population this are listed Exchange (IDX) from 2011 2017. sample determined based purposiv...