Volume 3, Numbers 1-2, June 2002 (click for December 2002)

ISSN 1473-804x Online

ISSN 1473-8031 Print

International Journal of

Simulation

Systems, Science & Technology

Special Issue on:

Modelling & Simulation of

Parallel & Distributed Systems

Guest Editor for this issue: Dr Helen Karatza, Department of Informatics,

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE, karatza@csd.auth.gr

 

Editor-in-chief: David Al-Dabass, Department of Computing and Mathematics The Nottingham Trent University, UK

Editorial Paper

CURRENT TRENDS IN MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Helen Karatza

 

01

A DYNAMIC, TUNABLE, QoS-FAIR SCHEDULING SCHEME FOR MULTIMEDIA STREAMS

Michael S. Boykin and Taieb F. Znati

05

COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR TIGHTLY-COUPLED DISTRIBUTED MOBILE APPLICATIONS

Irina Gerasimov and Robert Simon

23

PROFILE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION AND TUNING FOR SUBSURFACE SENSING AND IMAGING APPLICATIONS

Maryam Ashouei, Desheng Jiang, Waleed Meleis, David Kaeli, Magda El-Shenawee, Elias Mizan, Yijian Wang, Charles Dimarzio and Carey Rappaport

40

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND CAPACITY ASSIGNMENT OPTIMISATION OF WIRELESS GSM CELLS WITH RE-USE PARTITIONING

Demetres D. Kouvatsos, Irfan Awan, Khalid Al-Begain and Sotirios Tantos

56

SIMULATING THE RELIABILITY OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS WITH UNRELIABLE NODES

Zhongshi He, Yufang Tian and Yinong Chen

68

PERFORMANCE EQUIVALENCE IN THE SIMULATION OF MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS

Wlodek M. Zuberek

80

ADAPTIVE LOAD SHARING IN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS: POLICIES, MODIFICATIONS, AND SIMULATION

Karim Y. Kabalan, Waleed W. Smari and Jacques Y. Hakimian

89

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MONITORING TECHNIQUE FOR M-FAC

Ali Maqousi and Frank Ball

101

A publication of the United Kingdom Simulation Society

Editorial Policy and Editorial Board

Submission Policy and Author's Instructions