In large populations of autonomous individuals, the propagation of ideas, strategies or infections is determined by the composite effect of interactions between individuals. The propagation of concepts in a population is a form of influence spread and can be modelled as a cascade from a set of initial individuals through the population. Understanding influence spread and information cascades ha...

In this paper, we present a single phase non-blocking coordinated checkpointing algorithm suitable for mobile computing environments. The distinct advantages that make the proposed algorithm suitable for distributed mobile computing systems are the following. It produces a consistent set of checkpoints, without the overhead of taking temporary checkpoints; the algorithm makes sure that only min...

This paper concerns software support for non-blocking transactions in shared-memory multiprocessors. We present mechanisms that convert sequential transactions into lock-free or wait-free ones. In contrast to some previous mechanisms, ours support transactions for which the set of memory locations accessed cannot be determined in advance. Our implementations automatically detect and resolve con...

In this paper, a new multicast switch structure (called CCRMS) is proposed that can achieve high throughput at low hardware cost. Instead of using two separate parts, copying and routing networks, the CCRMS uses a combined network, called the copying-routing network (CRN). Additionally, a cell management algorithm is developed for the proposed multicast switch. This cell scheduling algorithm al...

direct contact membrane distillation (dcmd) which emerges as an alternative separation technology can effectively perform a colloidal separation process under thermal driven force. dcmd is capable of extracting pure water from aqueous solutions containing non-volatile nanoparticles through the hydrophobic microporous membrane when a vapour pressure difference was established across the membrane...

Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) which emerges as an alternative separation technology can effectively perform a colloidal separation process under thermal driven force. DCMD is capable of extracting pure water from aqueous solutions containing non-volatile nanoparticles through the hydrophobic microporous membrane when a vapour pressure difference was established across the membrane...