In this research paper, we focus on the performance of different task migration and load balancing algorithms on SPMD model based on their controlling parameters. A network of workstations has been chosen and PVM libraries have been used for implementation. Matrix multiplication has been selected as the application. Three algorithms have been investigated namely, fixed granularity, variable gra...

Wayfinding in road networks is a hierarchical process. It involves a sequence of tasks, starting with route planning, continuing with the extraction of wayfinding instructions, and leading to the actual driving. From one task level to the next, the relevant road network becomes more detailed. How does the wayfinding process change? Building on a previous, informal hierarchical highway navigatio...

We study whether firms spread out debt maturity dates, which we call “granularity of corporate debt.” In our model, firms that are unable to roll over expiring debt need to liquidate assets. If multiple small asset sales are less inefficient than a single large one, it can be optimal to diversify debt rollovers across time. Using a large sample of corporate bond issuers during the 1991–2012 per...

Multi-method planning is an approach to using a set of different planning methods to simultaneously achieve planner completeness, planning time efficiency, and plan length reduction. Although it has been shown that coordinating a set of methods in a coarse-grained, problem-by-problem manner has the potential for approaching this ideal, such an approach can waste a significant amount of time in ...

In their book, Granular Computing: An Introduction, Bargiela and Pedrycz present a view that granular computing is an emerging conceptual and computing paradigm of information processing. A central notion is an information-processing pyramid with multiple levels. Different levels involve different types of processing. The lowest level concerns numeric processing, the intermediate level concerns...

Publication information Lovrek, I., Howlett, R. J., Jain, L. C. (eds.) Knowledge-based intelligent information and engineering systems : 12th International Conference, KES 2008, agreb, Croatia, 3-5 September 2008 : Proceedings, part II Conference details Presented at the 12th International Conference on KnowledgeBased Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2008), Zagreb, Croatia, ...