Observing a load process above high thresholds, modeling it as a pulse process with random occurrence times and magnitudes, and extrapolating life-time maximum or design loads from the data is a common task in structural reliability analyses. In this paper, we consider a stationary live load sequence that arrive according to a dependent point process and allow for a weakened mixing-type depende...

We present two strategies to balance the load in a system with multiple virtual machines (VMs) through automated live migration. When the push strategy is used, overloaded hosts try to migrate workload to less loaded nodes. On the other hand, when the pull strategy is employed, the light-loaded hosts take the initiative to offload overloaded nodes. The performance of the proposed strategies was...

Live Tor network experiments are difficult due to Tor’s distributed nature and the privacy requirements of its client base. Alternative experimentation approaches, such as simulation and emulation, must make choices about how to model various aspects of the Internet and Tor that are not possible or not desirable to duplicate or implement directly. This paper methodically models the Tor network ...

Many times load testing is dismissed as a waste of time and money because past results didn't conform to real world experience when the application went live. Sometimes it’s because the test suite is too narrow but often it is due to the approach used to produce traffic and the way results are interpreted. This discussion focuses on the latter situation because a lack of testing scope is an obv...

Pine wilt is caused by the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, which is transported to host trees in the trachea of Monochamus spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The study of the relationship between the nematode and its beetle vectors has been hampered by the inability to estimate nematode presence or density within live beetles. This report describes a rapid method for estimating nematode load...

With many organizations now employing multiple data centres around the world to share global traffic load, it is important to understand the effects of geographical distribution on service quality. The Domain Name Service (DNS) is an important component for global load balancing. Using controllable simulations, we show that wide area sharing can play an important role in optimization of respons...

Some plants can live for thousands of years, facing the problem of preventing accumulation of deleterious mutations. A recent study shows that massive tree stature requires surprisingly few stem cell divisions, and that the mutational load is not proportional to stature, but to branching order.

Virtualization technology enriches the tools including live-migration for resource scheduling. Resource scheduler adjusts resource allocation to keep quality of service against load fluctuation as well as save energy. Taxonomy of resource scheduling for virtualized data center are explained in this work. The latest technologies are introduced and compared. We also indicate the trend of its deve...