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Conceptual design of load balanced streaming of multimedia data within shared web applications
(2011)
In this master's thesis it has been researched the possibility of a network of shared web applications in a server-supported (hybrid) peer-to-peer network where peers retransmit specified parts of the progressively download (streamed) multimedia data, with focus on economically bandwidth usage. A conceptual design of a real-world peer-to-peer video-on-demand service, controlled by a central server, was developed, including a payment procedure for commercial use. Different network overlay scenarios were proposed and their advantages and disadvantages were discussed. Bandwidth calculations have supported those predications. Algorithms for dynamically handling changes in the network structure were developed. Communication protocols were conceptualized accordant to the needs of the proposed shared applications. Methods for keeping the quality of experience high were discussed. A zipper mode, higher-level slice structure for the data was proposed, and enhanced to a multiple-stream system for sending and receiving data. Error and data loss handling procedures were designed.
Integrating Message-Based Load Distribution for Asynchronous Processes in an Enterprise Application
(2011)
With the ever-growing need for more scalable and fault-tolerant enterprise-level intranet and extranet solutions, application vendors are trying to prepare their products for multiple-machine environments. Apart from the traditional clustering approach of balancing and distributing user requests equally over several nodes, applications can be designed to handle greater loads by allowing designated background processes to run independently and be scaled separately from the main business logic and client request handling processes. Liferay Portal, a web-based enterprise-level portal and CMS solution developed by the company of the same name, already offers support for modeling a multi-node setup by utilizing well-known clustering paradigms in the manner of search index replication or cache invalidation as well as taking the application server's session replication mechanisms into account. Its upcoming release, however, will introduce long-running, CPU-bound features like creating document previews and encoding video or audio files , which will intensify the need for a concept that allows for queuing and equally distributing processor time
THE CHINESE EXCHANGE RATE
(2011)
With the launch of a new vehicle model Rolls-Royce Motorcars had to face a dramatic volume increase from 300% more cars being build in existing structure and facilities in the Test and Finish Area. This massive volume increase required a revisiting of the process flow of cars through this Test and Finish Area to show optimisation potential and possible improvements to work packages and sequence of operation. Furthermore it will be necessary to implement those improvements to cope increased future throughput targets. To find optimisation and improvement potentials it was essential to analyse the entire area. In doing so every single station and work package was analysed. In addition to this a simulation model was used to confirm the highlighted problems and bottlenecks. Furthermore it was possible to investigate the influence of certain measures. In a following step it was the aim to show a way how a permanent and stable vehicle flow is achievable. According to that an action plan was developed, which shows clear measures to cope not only future but also the current production volume. In doing so it was possible to gain a transparency into the processes. Furthermore the process flow was optimised into a pull strategy to improve respectively implement a takt adherence.