Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume 149

Volume 149, March 2021

Regular Articles

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  Junyan Hu, Kenli Li, Chubo Liu, Jianguo Chen, Keqin Li:
  Coalition formation for deadline-constrained resource procurement in cloud computing. 1-12
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  Yahya Hassanzadeh-Nazarabadi, Alptekin Küpçü, Öznur Özkasap:
  Interlaced: Fully decentralized churn stabilization for Skip Graph-based DHTs. 13-28

Special issue on Blockchain-enabled Secure Communications in Smart Cities

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  Zisang Xu, Wei Liang, Kuan-Ching Li, Jianbo Xu, Hai Jin:
  A blockchain-based Roadside Unit-assisted authentication and key agreement protocol for Internet of Vehicles. 29-39

Regular Articles

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  Guoli Cheng, Shi Ying, Bingming Wang, Yuhang Li:
  Efficient Performance Prediction for Apache Spark. 40-51
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  Shuo Ouyang, Dezun Dong, Yemao Xu, Liquan Xiao:
  Communication optimization strategies for distributed deep neural network training: A survey. 52-65

Special issue on Blockchain-enabled Secure Communications in Smart Cities

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  Weiqi Dai, Qinyuan Wang, Zeli Wang, Xiaobin Lin, Deqing Zou, Hai Jin:
  Trustzone-based secure lightweight wallet for hyperledger fabric. 66-75
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  Chenlin Huang, Wei Chen, Lu Yuan, Yan Ding, Songlei Jian, Yusong Tan, Hua Chen, Dan Chen:
  Toward security as a service: A trusted cloud service architecture with policy customization. 76-88

Regular Articles

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  Biwei Li, Zhenqiang Mi, Yu Guo, Yang Yang, Mohammad S. Obaidat:
  A high efficient multi-robot simultaneous localization and mapping system using partial computing offloading assisted cloud point registration strategy. 89-102

Special issue on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems: Recent Advances and Future Trends

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  Kaya Kuru:
  Management of geo-distributed intelligence: Deep Insight as a Service (DINSaaS) on Forged Cloud Platforms (FCP). 103-118

Regular Articles

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  Michael Gowanlock:
  Hybrid KNN-join: Parallel nearest neighbor searches exploiting CPU and GPU architectural features. 119-137

Special issue on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems: Recent Advances and Future Trends

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  Zhao Tong, Xiaomei Deng, Hongjian Chen, Jing Mei:
  DDMTS: A novel dynamic load balancing scheduling scheme under SLA constraints in cloud computing. 138-148

Regular Articles

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  Malte Brunn, Naveen Himthani, George Biros, Miriam Mehl, Andreas Mang:
  Fast GPU 3D diffeomorphic image registration. 149-162

Special issue on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems: Recent Advances and Future Trends

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  Rui Ren, Chunghsuan Wu, Zhouwang Fu, Tao Song, Yanqiang Liu, Zhengwei Qi, Haibing Guan:
  Efficient shuffle management for DAG computing frameworks based on the FRQ model. 163-173

Regular Articles

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  Mohammad Khalily Dermany:
  A decentralized algorithm to combine topology control with network coding. 174-185
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  Omar A. Saraereh, Ashraf Ali, Luae Al-Tarawneh, Imran Khan:
  A robust approach for barrier-reinforcing in wireless sensor networks. 186-192
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  Leonid B. Sokolinsky:
  BSF: A parallel computation model for scalability estimation of iterative numerical algorithms on cluster computing systems. 193-206