A framework for user-interfaces to databases (IDSs) is proposed which draws from existing research on human computer interaction (HCI) and database systems. The framework is descr...
Kenneth J. Mitchell, Jessie B. Kennedy, Peter J. B...
-- We estimate the availability, reliability, and mean transaction time (response time) for repairable database configurations, centralized or distributed, in which each service co...
Abstract. Discovering significant meta-information from document collections is a critical factor for knowledge distribution and preservation. This paper presents a system that im...
Floriana Esposito, Stefano Ferilli, Teresa Maria A...
We present the framework of a new grid architecture based on the peer-to-peer and the component paradigms. In our architecture, several peer-to-peer components are loosely coupled...
Abstract - We discuss the impact of locally implemented behaviour on global behaviour specification in a federation of object-oriented databases. In particular, given a specificati...