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Università della Svizzera italiana

On multicast primitives in large networks and partial replication protocols

Schiper, Nicolas ; Pedone, Fernando (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009 ; 2009INFO005.

Recent years have seen the rapid growth of web-based applications such as search engines, social networks, and e-commerce platforms. As a consequence, our daily life activities rely on computers more and more each day. Designing reliable computer systems has thus become of a prime importance. Reliability alone is not sufficient however. These systems must support high loads of client...

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Centre de Recherches Energétiques et Municipales

Enhancing the Quality of Energy Services in Urban Areas by Means of Renewable Energy Technologies and ITC in Energy Networks : Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

Nguene, Gustave ; Cherix, Gaëtan ; Maréchal, François ; Finger, Matthias ; Revaz, Jean-Marc

In: ISESCO Science and Technology Vision, 2007, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 49-53

Urban areas are characterised by a high concentration of economic and social activities. As a consequence, residential, commercial or industrial activities require an enormous rate of resources consumption. This can lead to environmentally-related problems. In addition, to the depletion of fossil ressources in the near future, there are legitimate calls for innovative approaches towards more...

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