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Interactive Video-On-Demand Systems

Resource Management and Scheduling Strategies

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. T. P. Jimmy To

    1. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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  2. Babak Hamidzadeh

    1. University of British Columbia, Canada

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Part of the book series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science (SECS, volume 472)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 1-8

  3. Performance Issues in Interactive VOD Service

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 9-15

  4. Related Work

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 17-22

  5. A Dynamic Approach to VOD Scheduling

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 23-53

  6. On Improving the Transient Performance of CSCAN Schedulers

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 55-77

  7. Prioritized Admission Strategies to Improve User-Perceived Performance

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 79-101

  8. Run-Time Optimization of Readsize

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 103-125

  9. Conclusions

    • T. P. Jimmy To, Babak Hamidzadeh
    Pages 127-130

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 131-137
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Interactive Video-on-Demand Systems: Resource Management and Scheduling Strategies addresses issues in scheduling and management of resources in an interactive continuous-media (e.g., audio and video) server. The book emphasizes dynamic and run-time strategies for resource scheduling and management. Such strategies provide effective tools for supporting interactivity with on-line users who require the system to be responsive in serving their requests, and whose needs and actions vary frequently over time.
With an emphasis on responsiveness and transient performance, this book elaborates on dynamic strategies for managing and scheduling resources in Video-on-Demand/Multimedia systems. Unlike previous books, this volume presents an unprecedented detailed analysis of the start-up and departure of streams. It gives a comprehensive evaluation of various techniques as workloads are varied in multiple dimensions (including arrival rate, data rate and length of play).
Interactive Video-on-Demand Systems: Resource Management and Scheduling Strategies collectively addresses multiple issues including QoS, throughput, responsiveness and efficiency. The solutions discussed in this volume are particularly valuable to practitioners who are building digital library, interactive multimedia and hypermedia servers.
Interactive Video-on-Demand Systems: Resource Management and Scheduling Strategies is an excellent reference for researchers, practitioners and educators in the field of multimedia systems, and may be used for advanced courses on multimedia systems and Video-on-Demand servers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

    T. P. Jimmy To

  • University of British Columbia, Canada

    Babak Hamidzadeh

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