Software systems evolve over time due to changes in requirements, optimization of code, fixes for security and reliability bugs etc. Code churn, which measures the changes made to...
Keyword search is considered to be an effective information discovery method for both structured and semistructured data. In XML keyword search, query semantics is based on the con...
Shortest path search in transportation networks is unarguably one of the most important online search services nowadays (e.g., Google Maps, MapQuest, etc), with applications spanni...
Caching is an important technique to support pervasive Internet access. Cache consistency measures the deviation between the cached data and the source data. In mobile computing e...
Topological changes in mobile ad hoc networks frequently render routing paths unusable. Such recurrent path failures have detrimental effects on the network ability to support QoS...