We study a representative task allocation problem called shortest paths: Let G be a graph in which the edges are owned by self interested agents. The cost of each edge is privatel...
: In this paper, we will propose PC-Filter (PC stands for Partition Comparison), a robust data filter for approximately duplicate record detection in large databases. PC-Filter dis...
Ji Zhang, Tok Wang Ling, Robert M. Bruckner, Han L...
Distributed Role-Based Access Control (dRBAC) is a scalable, decentralized trust-management and accesscontrol mechanism for systems that span multiple administrative domains. dRBA...
Eric Freudenthal, Tracy Pesin, Lawrence Port, Edwa...
Database support of time-varying phenomena typically assumes that entities change in a linear fashion. Many phenomena, however, change cyclically over time. Examples include monsoo...
Kathleen Hornsby, Max J. Egenhofer, Patrick J. Hay...
A strand is a sequence of events; it represents either the execution of legitimate party in a security protocol or else a sequence of actions by a penetrator. A strand space is a ...
F. Javier Thayer, Jonathan C. Herzog, Joshua D. Gu...