Database schema integration is significant not only in building multidatabase systems but also in data warehousing. Metadata, which define schemas, are normally involved in the su...
From personal software to advanced systems, caching mechanisms have steadfastly been a ubiquitous means for reducing workloads. It is no surprise, then, that under the grid and clu...
In addition to providing small mean response times, modern applications seek to provide users predictable service and, in some cases, Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees. In order...
Peer-to-peer networks and grids offer promising paradigms for developing efficient distributed systems and applications. Event-based middleware is becoming a core architectural el...
: Sentient Computing gives perception to computing systems so that they can detect, interpret and respond to changing aspects of users' context. The location attribute of a us...