The family of threshold algorithm (i.e., TA) has been widely studied for efficiently computing top-k queries. TA uses a sort-merge framework that assumes data lists are pre-sorted...
Scaling up to the enormous and growing Internet population with unpredictable usage patterns, Ecommerce applications face severe challenges in cost and manageability, especially f...
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The deployment of Next-Generation Networks (NGN) is a challenge that requires integrating heterogeneous services into a global system of All-IP telecommunications. These networks c...
Igor Ruiz-Agundez, Yoseba K. Penya, Pablo Garcia B...
In line with the insight that “one size” of databases will not fit all application needs [19], the database community is currently exploring various alternatives to commodity...
—The ability to scalably measure one-way packet loss across different network paths is vital to IP network management. However, the effectiveness of active-measurement techniques...
Yu Gu, Lee Breslau, Nick G. Duffield, Subhabrata S...