This paper addresses the efficient processing of top-k queries in wide-area distributed data repositories where the index lists for the attribute values (or text terms) of a query...
Sebastian Michel, Peter Triantafillou, Gerhard Wei...
We present an assume-guarantee interface algebra for real-time components. In our formalism a component implements a set of task sequences that share a resource. A component inter...
This paper describes SymbioticSphere, a novel biologically-inspired architecture that allows grid systems (application services and middleware platforms) to be scalable and adapti...
Abstract. Component architectures provide a useful framework for developing an extensible and maintainable code base upon which largescale software projects can be built. Component...
Brian Barrett, Jeffrey M. Squyres, Andrew Lumsdain...
— With the expansion of cloud-based services, the question as to how to control usage of such large distributed systems has become increasingly important. Load balancing (LB), an...