XML databases often contain documents comprising structured text. Therefore, it is important to integrate "information retrieval style" query evaluation, which is well-s...
The nDCG measure has proven to be a popular measure of retrieval effectiveness utilizing graded relevance judgments. However, a number of different instantiations of nDCG exist, d...
The Cooperative File System (CFS) is a new peer-to-peer readonly storage system that provides provable guarantees for the efficiency, robustness, and load-balance of file storag...
Frank Dabek, M. Frans Kaashoek, David R. Karger, R...
The integration of networked applications, especially those requiring continuous access to shared information resources and databases, may be effected by scheduled unavailability ...
: The next generation of scientific experiments and studies, popularly called e-Science, is carried out by large collaborations of researchers distributed around the world engaged ...
Srikumar Venugopal, Rajkumar Buyya, Lyle J. Winton