A top-k query retrieves the k highest scoring tuples from a data set with respect to a scoring function defined on the attributes of a tuple. The efficient evaluation of top-k q...
Gautam Das, Dimitrios Gunopulos, Nick Koudas, Niko...
Consider a distributed network of n nodes that is connected to a global source of “beats”. All nodes receive the “beats” simultaneously, and operate in lock-step. A scheme ...
Most surveillance and monitoring systems nowadays utilize multiple types of sensors. However, due to the asynchrony among and diversity of sensors, information assimilation how to...
Although many QoS management architectures have been recently introduced with a lot of advanced features, they have never been widely used in the existing applications due to the ...
Component-based software construction is widely used in a variety of applications, from embedded environments to grid computing. However, errors in these applications and systems ...