This paper addresses the problem of selection and discovery of a consistent availability monitoring overlay for computer hosts in a large-scale distributed application, where hosts may be selfish or colluding. We motivate ...

Weak Shales of the Pennsylvanian period are frequently encountered at shallow depths in Illinois. Drilled shafts socketed in weak shales are increasingly used to support structural loads from bridges and other transportation ...

This investigation pertains to the evaluation of fatigue resistance, primarily at long life, of axially-loaded circumferentially-notched cylindrical surface-hardened (carburized) members (K(,t) = 1.46 and K(,t) = 2.22) ...

A report published by the National Research Council of the National Academies identified the research on understanding and quantifying the value of infrastructure systems to their stakeholders and how this value is impacted ...

The axiomatic framework opens up many new possibilities for developing and studying more robust and effective retrieval functions, and provides a flexible mechanism to incorporate more information to further improve the ...