In this survey, we review several approaches for predicting performance of NoC-based multicore systems, starting from the traffic models to the complex NoC models for latency evaluation. We first review typical traffic models to represent the application workloads in NoC. Specifically, we review Markovian and nonMarkovian (e.g., self-similar or long range memory dependent) traffic models and di...

In a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, legitimate users are prevented from access to services or network resources. Distributed DoS (DDoS) occurs if a group of attackers coordinate in DoS. When a DDoS attack occurs in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), the attacker compromises a number of mobile nodes, which can follow different mobility patterns and have different speeds. This paper provides a sur...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between drinking patterns and alcohol-related traffic casualties. STUDY DESIGN Data linkage of cross-sectional survey data on alcohol consumption with official traffic casualty records. METHODS Alcohol consumption measures for usual heavy drinking and risky single occasion drinking were derived for different time segments of the day from a 7-day drinking...

IN T R O D U C T IO N The highway problem has been the subject of considerable discus­ sion during the past few years and has assumed proportions subject to national concern. This Road School is, in fact, a discussion of this Number One domestic problem. The interest of almost every individual in highways and their operation is increasing, and each year more high­ way technology is made availab...

In this paper, we present a method to simulate large-scale traffic networks, at real-time frame-rates. Our novel contributions include a method to automatically generate a road graph from real-life data, and our extension to a discrete traffic model, which we use to simulate traffic, demonstrating continuous vehicle motion between discrete locations. Given Ordnance Survey data, we automatically...

In order to determine the accuracy of self-report of on-road crashes and traffic offences among participants in the DRIVE study, 2991 young drivers in New South Wales, Australia who completed the follow-up questionnaire were asked whether they had been involved in an on-road crash or were convicted for a traffic offence while driving during the year prior to the survey. This information was lin...

Noise and odour annoyances are important considerations in research on health effects of air pollution and traffic noise. Cumulative exposures can occur via several chemical hazards or a combination of chemical and stressor-based hazards, and related health outcomes can be generalized as manifestations of physiological and/or psychological stress responses. A major research challenge in this fi...