Local search is a powerful and well-established method for solving hard combinatorial problems. Yet, until recently, it has provided very little user support, leading to time-consu...
Abstract: Traffic engineering in P2P networks deals with organizing overlay networks. The challenge of unavailability has not been mastered yet. Considering the resource allocatio...
Stereotypes and clustering are some techniques for creating user models from user behavior. Yet, they possess important risks as users actions could be misinterpreted or users coul...
Despite novel interaction techniques proposed for virtual desktops, common yet challenging tasks remain to be investigated. Dragging and dropping between overlapping windows is on...
: In this paper we describe one of the authors’ experiences working for an IT service provider in an SME environment. The paper starts with an analysis of the factors typical for...