We address the problem of querying XML data over a P2P network. In P2P networks, the allowed kinds of queries are usually exact-match queries over file names. We discuss the exte...
In many two-sided search applications, autonomous agents can enjoy the advantage of parallel search, powered by their ability to handle an enormous amount of information, in a shor...
Decision-theoretic models have become increasingly popular as a basis for solving agent and multiagent problems, due to their ability to quantify the complex uncertainty and prefe...
We study the bandwidth allocation problem Maximize U(x), subject to Ax ≤ c; x ≥ 0 where U is a utility function, x is a bandwidth allocation vector, and Ax ≤ c represent the...
Abstract. The proliferation of interconnected computing devices is fostering the emergence of environments where Web services made available to mobile users are a commodity. Unfort...
Quan Z. Sheng, Boualem Benatallah, Zakaria Maamar,...