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MIDDLEWARE
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Adaptive resource discovery for ubiquitous computing
The terms pervasive and ubiquitous computing are used to describe a smart space populated by hundreds of intelligent devices that are embedded in their surroundings. Characteristi...
Rae Harbird, Stephen Hailes, Cecilia Mascolo
MMB
2004
Springer
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15 years 3 months ago
Trends and Developments in ICT Industry: New Challenges for Performance Analysts
In the next few years the landscape of the information and communications technology (ICT) industry will be subject to many changes. New and advanced ICT services will be brought ...
Robert D. van der Mei, Bart Gijsen
WAIM
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Performance Evaluations of Replacement Algorithms in Hierarchical Web Caching
Abstract. Web caching plays an important role in many network services. Utilization of the cache in each level (server, proxy, and client) of network forms a web caching hierarchy....
Haohuan Fu, Pui-on Au, Weijia Jia
WAIM
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Estimating the Selectivity of XML Path Expression with Predicates by Histograms
Selectivity estimation of path expressions in querying XML data plays an important role in query optimization. A path expression may contain multiple branches with predicates, each...
Yu Wang, Haixun Wang, Xiaofeng Meng, Shan Wang
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Hand in hand with the material: designing for suppleness
Designing for a supple interaction, involving users bodily and emotionally into a ‘dance’ with a system is a challenging task. Any break-ups in interaction become fatal to the...
Petra Sundström, Kristina Höök