Table of Contents

• The Clouds Distributed Operating SystemPartha Dasgupta, Richard J. LeBlanc, William F. Appelbe. 2-9
• Object Memory and Storage Management in the Clouds KernelDavid V. Pitts, Partha Dasgupta. 10-17
• Hierarchical Object Groups in Distributed Operating SystemsKentaro Shimizu, Mamoru Maekawa, Jun Hamano. 18-24
• On the Bandwidth of a Multi-Stage Network in the Presence of Faulty ComponentsIsrael Koren, Zahava Koren. 26-32
• Dynamic Partitioning in a Class of Parallel SystemsMenkae Jeng, Howard Jay Siegel. 33-40
• Fault Tolerant Remote Procedure CallKiam S. Yap, Pankaj Jalote, Satish K. Tripathi. 48-54
• Distributed Upcalls: A Mechanism for Layering Asynchronous AbstractionsDavid L. Cohrs, Barton P. Miller, Lisa A. Call. 55-62
• DAPHNE: Support for Distributed Applications Programming in Heterogeneous Computer NetworksKlaus-Peter Löhr, Joachim Müller, Lutz Nentwig. 63-71
• An Interconnection Network That Exploits Locality of CommunicationKenneth C. Sevcik, Xiao-Nan Tan. 74-85
• Near Optimal Embedding of Binary Tree Architecture in VLSIHee Yong Youn, Adit D. Singh. 86-93
• Query Scheduling and Site Selection Algorithms for a Cube-Connected Multicomputer SystemOphir Frieder, Chaitanya K. Baru. 94-101
• Finding Idle Machines in a Workstation-based Distributed SystemMarvin Theimer, Keith A. Lantz. 112-122
• A Comparison of Preemptive and Non-Preemptive Load DistributingPhillip Krueger, Miron Livny. 123-130
• Architecture and Implementation of the Access Mechanism for a Bus-Structured Multiservice LANV. Pallios, Theodore Antonakopoulos, Vassilios Makios. 132-137
• Performance Analysis of Multiple Bus Interconnection Networks with Hierarchical Requesting ModelJang-Ping Sheu, Wen-Tsuen Chen. 138-144
• An Extended Token Bus Protocol for Embedded NetworksShakil Akhtar, Arun K. Sood, K. Y. Srinivasan. 145-152
• Bridge: A High-Performance File System for Parallel ProcessorsPeter C. Dibble, Michael L. Scott, Carla Schlatter Ellis. 154-161
• Dynamic Page Migration in Multiprocessors with Distributed Global MemoryChristoph Scheurich, Michel Dubois. 162-169
• Reduction of Communication Delays in Hypercube Programs Based on Run Time StatisticsScott J. Warren, Joan M. Francioni. 170-177
• A Generalized Conformance Test Tool for Communication ProtocolsLothar F. Mackert, Ralf Meyer, Ulrich Scheere, Jürgen M. Schneider, Roelof Jan Velthuys, Jörg Burmeister, Jan de Meer, Ilona Schröer. 180-188
• An Architectural Development and Performance of a Real Time LANVladimir Cherkassky, Hossein Lari-Najafi, Norman L. Lawrie, Derek Masson, David W. Pritty. 189-196
• Scheduled and Nonscheduled Access in a Distributed System Based Upon a Functional Communication ModelDan C. Marinescu. 197-204
• An Accounting Service for Heterogeneous Distributed EnvironmentsG. Harter, Kurt Geihs. 207-214
• Shadow Editing: A Distributed Service for Supercomputer AccessDouglas Comer, Jim Griffioen, Rajendra Yavatkar. 215-221
• Efficient Deadlock Resolution for Lock-Based Concurrency Control SchemesMarina Roesler, Walter A. Burkhard, Kenneth B. Cooper. 224-233
• A Class of Optimal Decentralized Commit ProtocolsShyan-Ming Yuan, Ashok K. Agrawala. 234-241
• An Analysis of Multiprocessing Speedup with Emphasis on the Effect of Scheduling MethodsJing-Jang Hwang, Yuan-Chieh Chow, Frank D. Anger. 242-248
• Rapid Prototyping of Concurrent Programming LanguagesGail E. Kaiser, Simon M. Kaplan. 250-255
• A Shared Dataspace Language Supporting Large-Scale ConcurrencyGruia-Catalin Roman, H. Conrad Cunningham, Michael E. Ehlers. 265-272
• Load Sharing in Hybrid Distributed - Centralized Database SystemsBruno Ciciani, Daniel M. Dias, Philip S. Yu. 274-281
• Sharing Jobs Among Independently Owned ProcessorsRafael Alonso, Luis L. Cova. 282-288
• Performance Considerations for Distributed Services: A Case Study: Mass StorageJoel S. Emer, K. K. Ramakrishnan. 289-297
• A General Approach to Recognizing Event Occurences in Distributed ComputationsMadalene Spezialetti, John P. Kearns. 300-307
• Distributed Debugging Tools for Heterogeneous Distributed SystemsPeter C. Bates. 308-315
• Breakpoints and Halting in Distributed ProgramsBarton P. Miller, Jong-Deok Choi. 316-323
• A Parallel Algorithm for Colouring GraphsInderpal S. Bhandari, C. Mani Krishna, Daniel P. Siewiorek. 326-333
• A New Node-Join-Tree Distributed Algorithm for Minimum Weight Spanning TreesYao-Nan Lien. 334-340
• Hierarchical Distributed SimulationsAtul Prakash, C. V. Ramamoorthy. 341-348
• Towards Automating Analysis Support for Developers of Distributed SoftwareJack C. Wileden, George S. Avrunin. 350-357
• Analysis of Distributed Systems With Many Identical ProcessesVijay K. Garg. 358-365
• Critical Path Analysis for the Execution of Parallel and Distributed ProgramsCui-Qing Yang, Barton P. Miller. 366-373
• A Software Architecture for Network CommunicationDavid P. Anderson. 376-383
• A Multi-Access Window Protocol for Transmission of Time Constrained MessagesWei Zhao, John A. Stankovic, Krithi Ramamritham. 384-392
• Data Editing: Faster Convergence for Synchronous Approximate AgreementJohn P. Kearns, S. K. Park, J. A. Sjogren. 393-400
• Designing Large Electronic Mail SystemsWael Hilal Bahaa-El-Din, Hui-Tung Yuen. 402-409
• An Application for a Distributed Computer Architecture - Realtime Data Processing in an Autonomous Mobile RobotRalf Hinkel, Thomas Knieriemen, Ewald von Puttkamer. 410-417
• Maintaining Consistency in Distributed Software Engineering EnvironmentsJonathan Walpole, Gordon S. Blair, Javad Malik, John R. Nicol. 418-425
• Reliable Broadcast in Networks with Nonprogrammable ServersHector Garcia-Molina, Boris Kogan, Nancy A. Lynch. 428-437
• Reliable Group Communication in Distributed SystemsS. Navaratnam, Samuel T. Chanson, Gerald W. Neufeld. 439-446
• Supplying High Availability with a Standard Network File SystemKeith Marzullo, Frank B. Schmuck. 447-453
• Voting with GhostsRobbert van Renesse, Andrew S. Tanenbaum. 456-462
• Data Reorganization in a Dynamically Reconfigurable EnvironmentXiaolin Du, Fred J. Maryanski. 463-470
• Exploiting Symmetries for Low-Cost Comparison of File CopiesDaniel Barbará, Hector Garcia-Molina, Bernardo Feijoo. 471-479
• Imbedding Gradient Estimators in Load Balancing AlgorithmsSpiridon Pulidas, Donald F. Towsley, John A. Stankovic. 482-490
• Microeconomic Algorithms for Load Balancing in Distributed Computer SystemsDonald F. Ferguson, Yechiam Yemini, Christos Nikolaou. 491-499
• Adaptive Optimal Load Balancing in a Heterogeneous Multiserver System with a Central Job SchedulerFlavio Bonomi, Anurag Kumar. 500-508
• Evaluating Dynamic Processing of Distributed QueriesPeter Bodorik, J. Spruce Riordon. 510-519
• Query Optimization in Distributed Logic-oriented Object BasesPhillip C.-Y. Sheu, Rangasami L. Kashyap. 520-527
• On the Communication Cost of Distributed Database ProcessingW. S. Luk, Xiao Wang, Franky Ling. 528-535
• Modeling and Performance Bounds for Concurent ProcessingRoland R. Mielke, John W. Stoughton, Sukhamoy Som. 538-544
• Performance Analysis of Degradable Multiprocessor Systems using Time Scale Decomposition of GSPNsS. M. Rezaul Islam, Hany H. Ammar. 545-553
• Network Disconnection in Distributed SystemsWalid A. Najjar, Jean-Luc Gaudiot. 554-561