Introduction: There has been significant recent research into multiplewordlength or multiple-precision systems, where datapaths are constructed from operators with different bit-width [1 – 3]. However, little research has been conducted [3, 4] into high-level synthesis for these systems. The use of multiple wordlengths has a significant impact on the traditional problems of high-level synthesis...

We define and study a resource-allocation game, arising in Media on Demand (MoD) systems where users correspond to self-interested players who choose a MoD server. A server provides both storage and broadcasting needs. Accordingly, the user’s cost function encompasses both positive and negative congestion effects. A system in our model consists of m identical servers and n users. Each user is a...

The QoS-based Resource Allocation Model (QRAM) proposed in [20] presented an analytical approach for satisfying multiple quality-of-service dimensions in a resource-constrained environment. Using this model, available system resources can be apportioned across multiple applications such that the net utility that accrues to the end-users of those applications is maximized. In this paper, we pres...

Distributed multiple input multiple output (MIMO) multihop networks are proven to achieve superior performance in terms of data throughput and communication reliability. In this paper a low-complexity adaptive relaying scheme is considered in order to achieve robust end-to-end (e2e) communications. For this system optimal as well as nearoptimal efficient resource allocation strategies that redu...

Multiple task allocation with team formation is a NP-hard hierarchical combinatorial optimization problem, and some restrictions must be imposed on task and team combinations. Through task classification, and imposing restrictions on the number of tasks that an agent can perform, and the number of agents that a team can have, the set of feasible allocations is significantly reduced. Based on th...

The Group Allocation Multiple Access with Collision Detection (GAMA/CD) protocol for scheduling variable-length packet transmissions in a local area network is speciied and analyzed. GAMA/CD provides the advantages of both TDMA and CSMA/CD by maintaining a dynamically-sized cycle that varies in length depending on the network load; each cycle is composed of a contention period and a group-trans...

Housing allocation problems deal with assigning indivisible objects (houses) to agents who have preferences over these objects. We examine the housing allocation problem with existing tenants, then with both new and existing tenants. In both cases, we present and evaluate an algorithm for assigning houses. We then consider a version of the housing allocation problem where agents are grouped int...