Current federated systems deploy cost-based query optimization mechanisms; i.e., the optimizer selects a global query plan with the lowest cost to execute. Thus, cost functions in...
Wen-Syan Li, Vishal S. Batra, Vijayshankar Raman, ...
Sensor networks are becoming an important part of the IT landscape. Existing systems, however, are limited in two fundamental ways: lack of data independence, and poor integration...
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...
In this paper we describe MASQ (Multi-Agent Systems based on Quadrants), a model that defines four perspectives over an agent-based interaction according to two axes: internal/ex...
- The important step towards a comprehensive CAD framework is the development of a suitable, complete design model on which the design system’s components are based. To date, we ...