Data is typically replicated in a Data Grid to improve the job response time and data availability. Strategies for data replication in a Data Grid have previously been proposed, b...
Typically, users interact with database systems by formulating queries. However, many times users do not have a clear understanding of their information needs or the exact content...
Abstract: In the automotive and aerospace industry, millions of technical documents are generated during the development of complex engineering products. Particularly, the universa...
The server's storage I/O and network I/O bandwidths are the main bottleneck of VoD service. Multicast offers an efficient means of distributing a video program to multiple cl...
According to a survey of the University of Berkeley [6], about 5 Exabytes of new information has been created in 2002. This information explosion affects also the database volumes...