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Joint Virtual Machine Assignment and Traffic Engineering for Green Data Center Networks
The popularization of cloud computing brings emergency concern to the energy consumption in big data centers. Besides the servers, the energy consumed by the network in a data center is also considera...
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Design of an Effective QoS-Aware Mapping Scheme Using Persistent Allocation Probing
Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) constitutes an attractive trademark for supporting wireless access to Intranets and the Internet. Scheduling and mapping processes are of...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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A Game Theoretic Approach to Integrate Security With Quality of Service
The concept of Quality of Service (QoS) offers different service levels to the network users. Through Service Level Specifications (SLSs), the users in a wireless network, which supports QoS, are able...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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Contour Code: Robust and Efficient Multispectral Palmprint Encoding for Human Recognition
The authors propose 'Contour Code', a novel representation and binary hash table encoding for multi-spectral palmprint recognition. They first present a reliable technique for the extraction of a Regi...
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Investment And Technical Progress In The G7 Countries And Australia
The vintage model of capital accumulation predicts that technical progress depends on the installation of new capital equipment. In this paper it is found that investment raises labor productivity in ...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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The Investment Project Pipeline Cost Escalation, Lead-Time, Success, Failure And Speed
As they involve expectations about the future and long lead times for planning and construction, the evolution of investment projects is usually complex and volatile. This paper analyses an important ...
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Reserve Bank Of Australia: The Role Of Finance
Edward Shann died tragically in 1935. He did not live to see the full recovery from the Great Depression, nor the long post-war prosperity. He could not take part in the subsequent debate about financ...
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Financing The Burra Burra Mines, South Australia: Liquidity Problems And Resolutions
Although acclaimed as the richest copper mine in the world during the late 1840s and 1850s, the early years of activity at the South Australian Mining Association's [hereafter SAMA] Burra Burra Mine w...
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Long Range Wireless Sensor Networks With Transmit-Only Nodes and Software De Ned Receivers
Wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring and agricultural applications often face long-range requirements at low bit-rates together with large numbers of nodes. This paper presents the de...
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Innovation And Economic Growth In China
China has enjoyed high economic growth for three decades since the initiative of economic reform in 1978. This growth has however been driven mainly by labour-intensive, export-oriented manufacturing ...
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Investment Led Growth In India: Hindu Fact Or Mythology?
India's investment rate has increased fourfold since 1950 and has risen sharply this decade to 36% of GDP. But contradictory views have been expressed regarding the importance of this investment patte...
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Information Sharing in Spectrum Auction for Dynamic Spectrum Access
Spectrum under-utilization is one of the bottlenecks of the development of wireless communication, and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is envisioned as a novel mechanism to solve the problem of spectrum...
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On the Repeatability and Quality of Keypoints for Local Feature-Based 3D Object Retrieval From Cluttered Scenes
3D object recognition from local features is robust to occlusions and clutter. However, local features must be extracted from a small set of feature rich key-points to avoid computational complexity a...
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Pareto And Pigou On Ophelimity, Utility And Welfare: Implications For Public Finance
In view of the distinct and seminal contributions of Pareto and Pigou to the economics of welfare, Pigou's enduring influence in the field of public finance and Pareto's hostility to developments in t...
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Shade Face: Multiple Image-Based 3D Face Recognition
Three-dimensional face recognition is illumination invariant, however the acquisition process itself is not. In active 3D recognition, multiple images are captured while the face is actively illuminat...
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Contract-Based Software Component Testing With UML Models
Improving model-based component testability can further model-based approaches to Software Component Testing (SCT) for desirable testing effectiveness. Component contracts are useful testing-support a...
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An Expression Deformation Approach to Non-Rigid 3D Face Recognition
The accuracy of non-rigid 3D face recognition approaches is highly influenced by their capacity to differentiate between the deformations caused by facial expressions from the distinctive geometric at...
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Exploring Innovation Networks: Two Simulations, Two Perspectives And The Mechanisms That Drive Innovation Performance
Business networks are complex systems, made up of interdependent organisations whose managers are each trying to accomplish their own goals whilst simultaneously responding to the actions of others. U...
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The Economics Of Wine: Pricing, Quality And Rate Of Return - Part V: A Mean-Variance Approach To Wine Investment & Summary And Conclusion
The previous chapter developed an approach suitable for estimating asset returns in markets like wine, where goods are heterogeneous, and sales observations infrequent and irregular. The approach deve...
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Regional Finance And Regional Disparities In China
China's growth has been spectacularly high and persistent over the last few decades. However, there have been regular expressions of concern about the uneven distribution of the benefits across region...
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Financial-System Reform And Economic Growth In A Transition Economy: The Case Of China, 1978-2004
The relationship between financial-system reform and growth is of continuing interest and the subject of ongoing research; yet many aspects of it remain unclear. This paper contributes to the literatu...
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Rethinking Wine Investment In The UK And Australia
This paper presents three arguments as to why the value of wine as an investment good has typically been understated and argues that wine investment in the UK and Australia represents a value proposit...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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Information Sharing in Spectrum Auction for Dynamic Spectrum Access
Spectrum under-utilization is one of the bottlenecks of the development of wireless communication, and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is envisioned as a novel mechanism to solve the problem of spectrum...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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Joint Virtual Machine Assignment and Traffic Engineering for Green Data Center Networks
The popularization of cloud computing brings emergency concern to the energy consumption in big data centers. Besides the servers, the energy consumed by the network in a data center is also considera...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Long Range Wireless Sensor Networks With Transmit-Only Nodes and Software De Ned Receivers
Wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring and agricultural applications often face long-range requirements at low bit-rates together with large numbers of nodes. This paper presents the de...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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Exploring Innovation Networks: Two Simulations, Two Perspectives And The Mechanisms That Drive Innovation Performance
Business networks are complex systems, made up of interdependent organisations whose managers are each trying to accomplish their own goals whilst simultaneously responding to the actions of others. U...
Provided By University of Western Australia
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The Investment Project Pipeline Cost Escalation, Lead-Time, Success, Failure And Speed
As they involve expectations about the future and long lead times for planning and construction, the evolution of investment projects is usually complex and volatile. This paper analyses an important ...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Investment Led Growth In India: Hindu Fact Or Mythology?
India's investment rate has increased fourfold since 1950 and has risen sharply this decade to 36% of GDP. But contradictory views have been expressed regarding the importance of this investment patte...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Contract-Based Software Component Testing With UML Models
Improving model-based component testability can further model-based approaches to Software Component Testing (SCT) for desirable testing effectiveness. Component contracts are useful testing-support a...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Innovation And Economic Growth In China
China has enjoyed high economic growth for three decades since the initiative of economic reform in 1978. This growth has however been driven mainly by labour-intensive, export-oriented manufacturing ...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Rethinking Wine Investment In The UK And Australia
This paper presents three arguments as to why the value of wine as an investment good has typically been understated and argues that wine investment in the UK and Australia represents a value proposit...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Investment And Technical Progress In The G7 Countries And Australia
The vintage model of capital accumulation predicts that technical progress depends on the installation of new capital equipment. In this paper it is found that investment raises labor productivity in ...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Pareto And Pigou On Ophelimity, Utility And Welfare: Implications For Public Finance
In view of the distinct and seminal contributions of Pareto and Pigou to the economics of welfare, Pigou's enduring influence in the field of public finance and Pareto's hostility to developments in t...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Financing The Burra Burra Mines, South Australia: Liquidity Problems And Resolutions
Although acclaimed as the richest copper mine in the world during the late 1840s and 1850s, the early years of activity at the South Australian Mining Association's [hereafter SAMA] Burra Burra Mine w...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Reserve Bank Of Australia: The Role Of Finance
Edward Shann died tragically in 1935. He did not live to see the full recovery from the Great Depression, nor the long post-war prosperity. He could not take part in the subsequent debate about financ...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
The Economics Of Wine: Pricing, Quality And Rate Of Return - Part V: A Mean-Variance Approach To Wine Investment & Summary And Conclusion
The previous chapter developed an approach suitable for estimating asset returns in markets like wine, where goods are heterogeneous, and sales observations infrequent and irregular. The approach deve...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Regional Finance And Regional Disparities In China
China's growth has been spectacularly high and persistent over the last few decades. However, there have been regular expressions of concern about the uneven distribution of the benefits across region...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Contour Code: Robust and Efficient Multispectral Palmprint Encoding for Human Recognition
The authors propose 'Contour Code', a novel representation and binary hash table encoding for multi-spectral palmprint recognition. They first present a reliable technique for the extraction of a Regi...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Shade Face: Multiple Image-Based 3D Face Recognition
Three-dimensional face recognition is illumination invariant, however the acquisition process itself is not. In active 3D recognition, multiple images are captured while the face is actively illuminat...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Financial-System Reform And Economic Growth In A Transition Economy: The Case Of China, 1978-2004
The relationship between financial-system reform and growth is of continuing interest and the subject of ongoing research; yet many aspects of it remain unclear. This paper contributes to the literatu...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
On the Repeatability and Quality of Keypoints for Local Feature-Based 3D Object Retrieval From Cluttered Scenes
3D object recognition from local features is robust to occlusions and clutter. However, local features must be extracted from a small set of feature rich key-points to avoid computational complexity a...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
An Expression Deformation Approach to Non-Rigid 3D Face Recognition
The accuracy of non-rigid 3D face recognition approaches is highly influenced by their capacity to differentiate between the deformations caused by facial expressions from the distinctive geometric at...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
Design of an Effective QoS-Aware Mapping Scheme Using Persistent Allocation Probing
Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) constitutes an attractive trademark for supporting wireless access to Intranets and the Internet. Scheduling and mapping processes are of...
Provided By University of Western Australia
-
A Game Theoretic Approach to Integrate Security With Quality of Service
The concept of Quality of Service (QoS) offers different service levels to the network users. Through Service Level Specifications (SLSs), the users in a wireless network, which supports QoS, are able...
Provided By University of Western Australia