With more and more natural language text stored in databases, handling respective query predicates becomes very important. Optimizing queries with predicates includes (sub)string ...
It is estimated that less than 10 percent of the world’s species have been described, yet species are being lost daily due to human destruction of natural habitats. The job of d...
Yixin Chen, Henry L. Bart Jr., Xin Dang, Hanxiang ...
In this paper, we analyze a wireless LAN hot-spot, based on the IEEE 802.11b protocol, and more specifically we address the issue of defining proper pricing strategies, from bot...
The current boom of the Web is associated with the revenues originated from on-line advertising. While search-based advertising is dominant, the association of ads with a Web page...
Berthier A. Ribeiro-Neto, Marco Cristo, Paulo Braz...
The domain of digital rights management (DRM) is currently lacking a generic architecture that supports interoperability and reuse of specific DRM technologies. This lack of arch...
Sam Michiels, Kristof Verslype, Wouter Joosen, Bar...