An effective query optimizer finds a query plan that exploits the characteristics of the source data. In data integration, little is known in advance about sources' propertie...
We present an architecture and a set of challenges for peer database management systems. These systems team up to build a network of nodes (peers) that coordinate at run time most...
Abstract— Chip-package thermal analysis is necessary for the design and synthesis of reliable, high-performance, low-power, compact integrated circuits (ICs). Many methods of IC ...
Software product line engineering aims at producing functionally similar software systems as a family of products. In this process, the development life cycle has been shifted from...
Abstract. With the continuously growing number of distributed and heterogeneous IT systems there is the need for structured and efficient identity management (IdM) processes. This ...