Query optimizers in current database systems are designed to pick a single efficient plan for a given query based on current statistical properties of the data. However, different...
Pedro Bizarro, Shivnath Babu, David J. DeWitt, Jen...
This paper addresses the problem of allocating (assigning and scheduling) periodic task modules to processing nodes in distributed real-time systems subject to task precedence and ...
This paper reports on applying the ODP enterprise viewpoint in the domain of tele-education. The work is conducted as part of a research activity1 that aims at designing a tele-ed...
Cees Volman, Val Jones, Marten van Sinderen, Ing W...
This paper describes a multi-objective memetic approach for solving multi-objective flexible process sequencing problems in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). FMS can be des...
We present a complete XPath cost-based optimization and execution framework and demonstrate its effectiveness and efficiency for a variety of queries and datasets. The framework i...
Haris Georgiadis, Minas Charalambides, Vasilis Vas...