This paper focuses on the problem of how to find and effectively exploit speculative thread-level parallelism. Our studies show that speculating only on loops does not yield suffi...
Jeffrey T. Oplinger, David L. Heine, Monica S. Lam
A comparative study of parallel metaheuristics executed in grid environments is proposed, having as case study a genetic algorithm, a simulated annealing algorithm and a random se...
Sponsored search is a multi-billion dollar business that generates most of the revenue for search engines. Predicting the probability that users click on ads is crucial to sponsor...
Implicit user feedback, including click-through and subsequent browsing behavior, is crucial for evaluating and improving the quality of results returned by search engines. Severa...
Information technology (IT) advances often create turmoil and disturb existing industry structures. We analyze the impact of the Internet and e-commerce technologies on digital int...
Nelson F. Granados, Robert J. Kauffman, Bradley Ki...