Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme
Conference Proceeding
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2006)
Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Proceedings of Communicating Process Architectures 2006, 31-40
Java has become a development platform that has migrated from its initial focus for small form devices, to large full scale desktop and server applications and finally back to...
Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems
Conference Proceeding
Bates, C., Jelly, I., Forgacs, I., Szabo, E., & Kerridge, J. (1996)
Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems. In H. Liddell, A. Colbrook, B. Hertzberger, & P. Sloot (Eds.), High-Performance Computing and Networking International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996 Brussels, Belgium, April 15–19, 1996 Proceedings. , (677-682). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_613
This paper describes a mechanism, semantic computability, through which data can be described in such a way as to enable the automated creation of structured, scaleable data s...
A query mediation approach to interoperability of heterogeneous databases
Conference Proceeding
Huang, H., Kerridge, J., & Chen, S. (2000)
A query mediation approach to interoperability of heterogeneous databases. In Proceedings 11th Australasian Database Conference. ADC 2000 (Cat. No.PR00528)https://doi.org/10.1109/adc.2000.819812
The need to transform queries between heterogeneous databases arises in many circumstances, including query transformation between a global and a local query. This paper descr...
CSP for .NET based on JCSP
Conference Proceeding
Chalmers, K., & Clayton, S. (2006)
CSP for .NET based on JCSP. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2006 - WoTug 29, 59-76
We present a CSP framework developed for the .NET platform, building
upon the ideas developed for the JCSP library. Discussing the development of the
core functionality and th...
The design of the IRISS parallel database machine
Conference Proceeding
Walter, D., & Kerridge, J. (1996)
The design of the IRISS parallel database machine. In High-Performance Computing and Networking: International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996 Brussels, Belgium, April 15–19, 1996 Proceedings. , (913-914). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_646
The decision support potential of large commercial relational databases is limited by the vast amounts of computing power required to perform complex queries on large datasets...
Benchmarking parallel SQL database machines
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Jelly, I., Kerridge, J., & Bates, C. (1994)
Benchmarking parallel SQL database machines. In Directions in Databases 12th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 12 Guildford, United Kingdom, July 6–8, 1994 Proceedings, 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58235-5_38
New parallel database systems are being developed to support the data processing needs of large commercial organisations: these offer increased performance in terms of process...
Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view.
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., & Chalmers, K. (2005)
Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2006 - WoTug 29, 41-58
The increasing availability of tri-band mobile devices with mobile phone, wi-fi and Bluetooth capability means that the opportunities for increased access by mobile devices to...
Synchronisation primitives for highly parallel discrete event simulations
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Welch, P., & Wood, D. (1999)
Synchronisation primitives for highly parallel discrete event simulations. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. 1999. HICSS-32https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.1999.773084
A new set of synchronisation primitives is described that simplifies the control of very large numbers of fine-grained parallel processes. The new primitives are derived from ...
Large join order optimization on parallel shared-nothing database machines using genetic algorithms
Conference Proceeding
Nafjan, K. A., & Kerridge, J. M. (1997)
Large join order optimization on parallel shared-nothing database machines using genetic algorithms. In Euro-Par'97 Parallel Processing: Third International Euro-Par Conference Passau, Germany, August 26–29, 1997 Proceedings. , (1159-1163). https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0002867
This paper proposes the use of genetic algorithms (GAs) for optimizing the sequence of large joins execution on parallel shared-nothing database architectures. In order to mea...
A critique of JCSP networking.
Conference Proceeding
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2008)
A critique of JCSP networking. In P. H. Welch, S. Stepney, F. Polack, F. R. M. Barnes, A. McEwan, G. S. Stiles, …A. T. Sampson (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2008, 271-291. doi:10.3233/978-1-58603-907-3-271
We present a critical investigation of the current implementation of JCSP Networking, examining in detail the structure and behavior of the current architecture. Information i...