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SIGMOD
2009
ACM
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Top-k queries on uncertain data: on score distribution and typical answers
Uncertain data arises in a number of domains, including data integration and sensor networks. Top-k queries that rank results according to some user-defined score are an important...
Tingjian Ge, Stanley B. Zdonik, Samuel Madden
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SIGMOD
2008
ACM
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OLTP through the looking glass, and what we found there
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) databases include a suite of features -- disk-resident B-trees and heap files, locking-based concurrency control, support for multi-threading ...
Stavros Harizopoulos, Daniel J. Abadi, Samuel Madd...
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MOBISYS
2007
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Preserving location privacy in wireless lans
The broadcast and tetherless nature of wireless networks and the widespread deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots makes it easy to remotely locate a user by observing her wireless signals....
Tao Jiang, Helen J. Wang, Yih-Chun Hu
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MOBISYS
2006
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
WiFiProfiler: cooperative diagnosis in wireless LANs
While 802.11-based wireless hotspots are proliferating, users often have little recourse when the network does not work or performs poorly for them. They are left trying to manual...
Ranveer Chandra, Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Ming Zhan...
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MOBIHOC
2008
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Delegation forwarding
Mobile opportunistic networks are characterized by unpredictable mobility, heterogeneity of contact rates and lack of global information. Successful delivery of messages at low co...
Vijay Erramilli, Mark Crovella, Augustin Chaintrea...