Many real-world applications like Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Web servers require prompt responses to access requests. However, with an explosive increase of data volume and the emer...
Storage virtualization is becoming more and more important due to the increasing gap between application requirements and the limited functionality offered by storage systems. In...
g of target systems attempted but rather an abstraction of the target systems is modelled and insights bout the abstraction then applied back to the target systems. The MABS modell...
Aesthetics and ludic aspects of pervasive awareness applications make the awareness system more attractive and aesthetically pleasing to its users. The same objective can be achie...
In this paper, we attempt to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of query-dependent link-based ranking algorithms such as HITS, MAX and SALSA. All these ranking algorith...