Everything about Relocation (computing)

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Relocation (computing)A 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: The Man in the Cat-Hair SuitThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Configuration relocation and defragmentation for run-time reconfigurable computingCited 81 times
4. Go sideways: Position-independent codeA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: Self-relocationA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Configuration relocation and defragmentation for run-time reconfigurable computing

  K. Compton, Zhiyuan Li, J. Cooley · 2002 · IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems · 81 citations

• Using Deep Reinforcement Learning for Application Relocation in Multi-Access Edge Computing

  Fabrizio De Vita, Giovanni Nardini, Antonio Virdis · 2019 · IEEE Communications Standards Magazine · 17 citations

• Location deployment of depots and resource relocation for connected car-sharing systems through mobile edge computing

  Xiaolu Zhu, Jinglin Li, Zhihan Liu · 2017 · International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks · 15 citations

• A stochastic model for heterogeneous computing and its application in data relocation scheme development

  Min Tan, H.J. Siegel · 1998 · IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems · 6 citations

• A Hybrid K-anonymity Data Relocation Technique for Privacy Preserved Data Mining in Cloud Computing

  Yousra Abdul Alsahib S.Aldeen, Mazleena Salleh · 2016 · Journal of Internet Computing and Services · 5 citations

• Vertex relocation: a feature-preserved terrain rendering method for pervasive computing environments

  Eun-Seok Lee, Jin-Hee Lee, Byeong-Seok Shin · 2015 · Multimedia Tools and Applications · 4 citations

• The comparative estimation of workload relocation approaches in the fog- and edge-computing environments

  A B Klimenko, I B Safronenkova · 2019 · Journal of Physics: Conference Series · 3 citations

• Fast Near-Optimal Result Deduplication and Relocation in Collaborative and Distributed Edge Computing Networks

  Abbas Yekanlou, Jun Cai · 2026 · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology · 2 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Man in the Cat-Hair SuitWilliam R. Greene · 2011

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🔗 Related topics

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