The initial system load (ISL) capability of Digital's layered-product POLYCENTER Software Distribution (formerly known as RSM) version 3.0 provides OpenVMS system managers with a network-directed tool for performing automatic operating system software upgrades. The design of the POLYCENTER Software Distribution product integrates a number of new and varied software architectures to perform the ...

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks are considered to be the most important development for content distribution and sharing infrastructures. The quality of services provided by the majority of the P2P systems is questioned. Load balancing among peers is critical and a key challenge. This paper proposes a load balancing algorithm based on stochastic analysis. It addresses the out-of-date problem as a r...

This paper presents two main results. The first result indicates that in materials with broadly distributed microscopic heterogeneities, the fracture strength distribution corresponding to the peak load of the material response does not follow the commonly used Weibull and (modified) Gumbel distributions. Instead, a lognormal distribution describes more adequately the fracture strengths corresp...

We have designed and implemented a scalable hierarchical system for dynamic load distribution of general divide&conquer applications on large heterogeneous networks of workstations, called Dynasty. Besides its practical goal of exploiting idle processor time we focus the design on eeciency, fairness, reusability, and universality. Our approach is based on economical principles with prices as th...

This paper will discuss about the system structure and system design philosophy for the large scale control systems. The design philosophy, the main theme of this article, is "load distribution and resource sharing", but also the following items will be discussed: three level hierarchy control system philosophy; coupling and optimal load sharing among SCC/DDC computers; sharing of the process r...

An axisymmetric hot closed die-forging process has been studied by physical modeling technique using the plasticine. To observe the material flow pattern, layers of plasticine with different colors were used. The normal direction to the layers was considered a principal direction. The strain distribution was obtained by measuring the thickness of the plasticine layers. Based on the strain distr...

The microgrid concept provides attractive solutions for reliability enhancement of power distribution systems. Normally, microgrids contain renewable-energy-based Distributed Generation (DG) units, which their output power varies with different environmental conditions. In addition, load demand usually changes with factors such as hourly and seasonal customer activities. Hence, these issues hav...

This paper deals with an analytical approach to predict the nonlinear buckling behavior of functionally graded graphene-reinforced composite laminated cylindrical shells under axial compressive load surrounded by Pasternak’s elastic foundation in a thermal environment. Piece-wise functionally graded graphene-reinforced, composite layers are sorted with different types of graphene distribution. ...