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In this paper, we introduce a Business Driven Framework for the Management of Utility Computing Environments (BDMF). The framework couples two main subsystems on top of an IETF-like policy-based resource control layer. They are MBO (Management by Business Objectives) where the decision ability supported by analysis of business objectives resides, and GSLA (Generalized SLA), an advanced framewor...

Abstract The process of European integration has often been used as either a model or an anti-model for other regional experiences. This article discusses the Union's shortcomings in crisis management, arguing that valuable ‘how not to’ lessons can be drawn by dissecting initial stages eurozone and COVID–19 pandemic ‘moments truth’. main policy mistakes committed at onset both crises are explor...

(2000) Measuring efficiency in local governments' planning and function Public Productivity and Management Review 23(4):pp. 468-485. Public sector reform has now become an established dimension of policymaking in many developed countries, including Australia. Although the ongoing program of public sector reform is Australia has focused mainly on the Commonwealth government and some state govern...

Waste policy is increasingly moving on from the 'prevention of waste' to a 'sustainable materials policy' focused agenda recognising individual wastes as a resource. In order to comparatively analyse policy developments in enhanced waste management, three case studies were selected; San Francisco's Zero Waste Program, Flanders's Sustainable Materials Management Initiative and Japan's Sound Mate...

Background: There is limited understanding about the development of the online one-stop shops for evidence in a limited-resource setting, such as Uganda. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive account of the development process of the online resource for local policy and systems-relevant information in this setting. Methods: We utilized a case study design to address our objective where ...

We propose two resource management methods; a scheduling policy that re ects resource consumption states and a memory-replacement strategy based on page classi cation under distributed shared memory architecture. The performances of the two mechanisms are evaluated by a probabilistic simulation. An instruction-level simulator simulates variety of process sets with nite resources on proposed res...

We propose two resource management methods; a scheduling policy that re ects resource consumption states and a memory-replacement strategy based on page classi cation under distributed shared memory architecture. The performances of the two mechanisms are evaluated by a probabilistic simulation. An instruction-level simulator simulates variety of process sets with nite resources on proposed res...