In large data recording and warehousing environments, it is often advantageous to provide fast, approximate answers to queries, whenever possible. Before DBMSs providing highly-ac...
We consider the problem of efficient information retrieval in asymmetric communication environments where multiple clients with limited resources retrieve information from a power...
The flexible integration of a range of disparate IT applications is a key requirement for today's global enterprises. The virtual enterprise, formed by a collection of collab...
The control of mobile robots acting autonomously in the real world is one of the long-term goals of the field of artificial intelligence. So far the field lacks methods bridging th...
In light of advances in processor and networking technology, especially the emergence of network attached disks, the traditional client-server architecture becomes suboptimal for ...
Jiong Yang, Silvia Nittel, Wei Wang 0010, Richard ...