We address the problem of message ordering for reliable multicast communication. End-to-end multicast ordering is useful for ensuring the collective integrity and consistency of d...
In this paper, we propose a new probabilistic generative model, called Topic-Perspective Model, for simulating the generation process of social annotations. Different from other g...
Caimei Lu, Xiaohua Hu, Xin Chen, Jung-ran Park, Ti...
A user’s informational need and preferences can be modeled by criteria, which in turn can be used to prioritize candidate results and produce a ranked list. We examine the use of...
In this paper, a Customizable and Dynamic Locking (CDL) scheme is proposed for concurrency control in Internet-based real-time collaborative editors. The idea of dynamic-locking is...
Telepresent Agents are software Agents that are instantiated simultaneously within two or more distinct computer applications (called Locales) which are operating at distinct nodes...