Several federated database systems have been built in the past using the relational or the object model as federating model. This paper gives an overview of the XMLMedia system, a ...
The Internet and Intranet reduce much of the costs of information sharing, but they do not solve receivers' reading and interpretation limitations. Alternatively, browsers an...
The recently completed MLIS DicoPro project addressed the need for a uniform, platformindependent interface for accessing multiple dictionaries and other lexical resources via the...
Derek Walker, Dominique Petitpierre, Susan Armstro...
The Internet and corporate intranets provide far more information than anybody can absorb. People use search engines to find the information they require. However, these systems t...
This article introduces a new load balancing algorithm, called diffusive load balancing, and compares its performance with three other load balancing algorithms: static, round rob...