In this paper, we propose a tree-based multidimensional structure, GeM-Tree, which indexes both images and videos within a single general framework utilizing Earth Mover’s Dista...
The Boolean semantics of SQL queries cannot adequately capture the "fuzzy" preferences and "soft" criteria required in non-traditional data retrieval applicati...
Chengkai Li, Min Wang, Lipyeow Lim, Haixun Wang, K...
Graphics and media processing is quickly emerging to become one of the key computing workloads. Programmable graphics processors give designers extra flexibility by running a sma...
Mauricio Breternitz Jr., Herbert H. J. Hum, Sanjee...
Advanced object-oriented applications require the management of schema versions, in order to cope with changes in the structure of the stored data. Two types of versioning have be...
Fabio Grandi, Federica Mandreoli, Maria Rita Scala...
In this paper we develop an intergraded model for request mechanism and data transmission in the uplink phase in the presence of channel noise. This model supports quality of serv...