Multi-tasking multiprocessor systems frequently use rendezvous for intertask communication , and Stochastic Rendezvous Networks are a form of performance model for such systems. Tasks are frequently given diierent priorities to adjust the system performance. This paper considers a pre-emptive-resume priority discipline for executing tasks sharing each processor. An iterative algorithm is propos...

In this paper, we address the deterministic rendezvous in graphs where k mobile agents, disseminated at different times and different nodes, have to meet in finite time at the same node. The mobile agents are autonomous, oblivious, labeled, and move asynchronously. Moreover, we consider an undirected anonymous connected graph. For this problem, we exhibit some asymptotical time and space lower ...

We present an algorithm for finding a distance optimal rendezvous location with respect to both initial and target locations of two mobile agents. These agents can be humans or robots, who need to meet and split while performing a collaborative task. Our aim is to embed the meeting process within a background activity such that the agents travel through the same rendezvous location while taking...

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Two players are placed on the integer lattice Z (consisting of points in n dimensional space with all coordinates integers) so that their vector difference is of length 2 and parallel to one of the axes. Their aim is to move to an adjacent node in each period, so that they meet (occupy same node) in least expected time R (n) , called the Rendezvous Value. We assume they have no common notion of...

The upcoming missions to Mars planned by NASA/JPL in 2009 and 2013 are more ambitious than any previously flown. Included in these missions are extended multi-kilometer traverses, and autonomous rover rendezvous with science targets and man-made structures such as landers. This paper reports some of the ongoing work at JPL in the areas of autonomous sensory fusion of both raw and derived inputs...