Competitive routing in multiuser communication networks
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Remote Operations on Post Production Applications
HPCN Europe '97 Proceedings of the International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking
Architecture-Independent Request-Scheduling with Tight Waiting-Time Estimations
IPPS '96 Proceedings of the Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing
On building distributed soft real-time systems
WPDRTS '95 Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems
Distributed High-End Audio-Visual ContentCreation: An Experience Report
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Supporting 3D and VR applications in a metacomputing environment
Future Generation Computer Systems
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This paper considers the problem of rendering post production applications in a distributed environment. The aim is to limit the concessions that conventional, in-house methods force graphics operators to make to the quality of the end products to get them on time and within budget. A reference architecture for distributed rendering is proposed that takes advantage of the parallel properties of the application to reduce the job turnaround time. Performance issues that stimulate the industrial sector to use the environment are discussed through a simplified evaluation framework. We also examine how to serve multiple customers in a metacomputing environment employing limited resources. User strategies for submitting jobs over a priority-based service system that minimize the associated rendering cost are defined. Furthermore, a pricing scheme is implemented that succeeds in driving the user actions to an operating point in which certain provider objectives are met and, at the same time, discourages the users from utilizing a congested system, in which meeting of deadlines cannot be assured. Results and directions are not only restricted to the post production area, but apply over a wide range of remote operations.