Given a task T , a pool of individuals X with different skills, and a social network G that captures the compatibility among these individuals, we study the problem of finding X ,...
Many service providers distribute various kinds of content over the Internet. They often use replica servers to provide stable service. To position them appropriately, service pro...
Emerging ubiquitous and pervasive computing applications often need to know where things are physically located. To meet this need, many locationsensing systems have been develope...
In this paper a multiple routing path problem in wide area Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks is considered, which is to find K edge-disjoint lightpaths/semilightpat...
There is an ongoing debate, not just among academics but in popular culture, about whether social media can expand people's social networks, and whether online friends can be...