This paper presents a framework for large-scale computations for problems that feature coarse-grained parallelization. The components of this framework are based on Java, which allows for a wide variety of platforms and components, and peer-to-peer communication is provided through the JXTA protocols, which allow for a dynamic and decentralized organization of computational resources.

Integrating three different explanations regarding the mixed effects of diversity, the current study used a sample of 297 large organizations to examine the joint effects of diversity, employee involvement, and decentralization on innovation. A significant three-way interaction showed that diversity and employee involvement jointly increase organizational innovation only when the organization a...

Background Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic currency, is a distributed ledger system (Nakamoto 2009). Every transaction is broadcast and verified by all nodes in the network through a particular consensus mechanism (Bonneau et al. 2015; Yermack 2013). Every node collects transactions in a block and the block is associated with a difficult mathematical problem. Solving that problem is called m...

The efficient and reliable operation of material flows in transportation networks is a subject of broad economic interest. Important applications include the control of signalized intersections in urban road systems and the planning and scheduling of logistic processes. Traditional approaches to operating material flow networks are however known to have severe disadvantages: centralized control...

In high-speed network, the principle adopted for a timesensitive flow control mechanism should be autonomous decentralized control. In this mechanism, each node in a network handles its local traffic flow only on the basis of the information it is aware of, although it is desirable that the decision-making at each node leads to high performance of the network as a whole. To implement this mecha...

Development of urbanization and rise of cities and urbanism during the last decade have added new dimensions to urban issues and have led to increasing importance of monitoring, conduction of urban development and organization of towns and their surrounding regions. In the meantime, the procedures of favorable life management play the most important role in improvement of human habitats and sus...

This study explores decentralized structural control using wireless sensors and controllers. In a decentralized control scheme, control decisions are based upon data acquired from sensors located in the vicinity of a control device. Specifically, this paper studies a time-delayed decentralized structural control strategy that aims to minimize the H2 norm of a closed-loop control system. For dec...

Venture capital (VC) models can be optimized with emerging decentralized technology. There are many disadvantages that come traditional VC fundraising including illiquidity and ownership struggles, as well timing. This paper will discuss alternative funding mechanisms may available advantageous to businesses. After discussing the shortcomings of existing market rise early round mechanisms, high...