Ranking search results is a fundamental problem in information retrieval. In this paper we explore whether the use of proximity and phrase information can improve web retrieval ac...
First Come First Served (FCFS) is a policy that is accepted for implementing fairness in a number of application domains such as scheduling in Operating Systems, scheduling web req...
Stepwise refinement is at the core of many approaches to synthesis and optimization of hardware and software systems. For instance, it can be used to build a synthesis approach for...
Today's wireless sensor networks have limited flexibility because their software is static. Mobile agents alleviate this problem by introducing mobile code and state. Mobile ...
Daniel Massaguer, Chien-Liang Fok, Nalini Venkatas...
The demand for an efficient fault tolerance system has led to the development of complex monitoring infrastructure, which in turn has created an overwhelming task of data and even...