MapReduce is a widely adopted computing framework for data-intensive applications running on clusters. This paper proposed an approach to exploit data parallelisms in XML processing using MapReduce in Hadoop. The authors' solution seamlessly integrates data storage, labeling, indexing, and...

Branch and Fix Coordination is an algorithm intended to solve large scale multi-stage stochastic mixed integer problems, based on the particular structure of such problems, so that they can be broken down into smaller subproblems. With this in mind, it is possible to use distributed computation...

We propose a parallel algorithm for computing exact solutions to the problem of minimizing the number of multileaf collimator apertures needed in step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiotherapy. These problems are very challenging particularly as the problem size increases. Here, we investigate...

In this paper, parallel processing techniques are employed to improve the performance of the stochastic dynamic programming applied to the long term operation planning of electrical power system. The hydroelectric plants are grouped into energy equivalent reservoirs and the expected cost...