An important application of unique object references is safe and efficient message passing in concurrent object-oriented programming. However, to prevent the ill effects of aliasing, practical systems often severely restrict the shape of messages passed by reference. Moreover, the problematic interplay between destructive reads–often used to implement unique references–and temporary aliasing th...

Web services from search to games to stock trading impose strict Service Level Objectives (SLOs) on tail latency. Meeting these objectives is challenging because the computational demand of each request is highly variable and load is bursty. Consequently, many servers run at low utilization (10 to 45%); turn off simultaneous multithreading (SMT); and execute only a single service — wasting hard...

In this paper, we consider the problem of optimizing the Internet Service Provider (ISP) profit by providing a periodic Dynamic Partitioning (DP) model for utilizing network resources in the context of Virtual Private Networks (VPN). In literature, Complete Sharing (CS), Complete Partitioning (CP), and Bandwidth Borrowing (BR) techniques have been proposed for resource allocation where the foll...

North Korea’s strategic weapons innovation system is exemplary of an authoritarian mobilization model. The top leadership prioritizes the program and mobilizes country’s science, technology, heavy industrial resources around key programs. Key to success are investments in a defense infrastructure that runs from basic research development applied R&D, product development, linked production capab...

In this paper, we consider the problem of optimizing the Virtual Private Network Provider’s (VPNP) profit by providing a periodic Dynamic Dimensioning and Partitioning (DDP) model for utilizing network resources. In literature, Complete Sharing (CS), Complete Partitioning (CP), and Bandwidth Borrowing (BR) techniques have been proposed for resource allocation where the following limitations can...