Vertical partitioning algorithms for database design
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
Distributed computer system design: an interactive procedure
Information and Management
A Comprehensive Model for the Design of Distributed Computer Systems
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Distributed data allocation strategies
Advances in computers
An integrated support system for design of distributed databases
An integrated support system for design of distributed databases
Fragmenting Relations Horizontally Using a Knowledge-Based Approach
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A multiple criteria model for the allocation of data files in a distributed information system
Computers and Operations Research
On randomization in sequential and distributed algorithms
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Multimedia systems design
Effective distribution of object-oriented applications
Communications of the ACM
Real time and dependability concepts
Distributed systems (2nd Ed.)
Supporting decision making in combinatorially explosive multicriteria situations
Decision Support Systems
Broadband: Business Services, Technologies, and Strategic Impact
Broadband: Business Services, Technologies, and Strategic Impact
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Improving quality of service for streaming multimedia applications in ubiquitous mobile environment
Proceedings of the 43rd annual Southeast regional conference - Volume 2
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An increasing number of computer applications today use multimedia content such as images, sound, and video over distributed networks of computers. Often, a dispersed set of users, with varying demands, requires ongoing access to this content. Effective placement of the multimedia content at different locations/processors thus becomes essential to ensure acceptable quality of service at a reasonable cost. Achieving this requires the consideration of a set of issues quite different from that required for traditional data distribution. These include (a) scale, both in terms of individual objects and in aggregate, (b) importance of form or appearance, making resolution levels an important, controllable variable, and (c) the temporal dimension, placing stringent demands on response time. These concerns make distribution of multimedia content more than a straightforward extension of traditional distribution approaches. We develop a model and a supporting approach to facilitate effective distribution of multimedia content, focusing on multimedia applications in corporate intranets. The model consists of multiple criteria to reflect different aspects of quality of service and cost which we formulate by leveraging variance in resolution levels to capture trade-offs among these criteria. Since the multiple-criteria allocation model is NP-complete, we propose a decision support approach that generates locally efficient solutions using designer-specified targets and evaluates them using fuzzy-set-based heuristics. The complete model and the approach have been implemented in a prototype to ensure feasibility.We demonstrate use of the prototype for a medical imaging application that illustrates applicability and usefulness of our proposals.