Being able to effectively price a product is one of the key determinants in whether a business succeeds or fails. Input costs matter but are not the sole determinant of the ideal price. "It's an art ...

Abstract: In order to achieve high availability and low storage costs in distributed storage systems, erasure code is widely used instead of replication. Compared to replication, erasure code can ...

Abstract: Large organizations often deploy isomorphic business subsystems across regions to facilitate uniform business control and expansion. These independent subsystems, which share identical data ...