We propose XRPC, a minimal XQuery extension that enables distributed yet efficient querying of heterogeneous XQuery data sources. XRPC enhances the existing concept of XQuery func...
Over the past ten years, many pricing schemes have been proposed for a QoS-enabled network. Most of the proposed QoS-pricing schemes focus on congestion-sensitive pricing and opti...
- Information breaches on ITC systems may result in lawsuits. Information security countermeasures such as firewalls, data encryption, and so on, are essential; protecting systems ...
Handling audio and video in a digital environment requires timely delivery of data. This paper describes the principles adopted in the design of the Pandora networked multi-media ...
Abstract. The CORBA standard now incorporates support for reliability through two distinct mechanisms — replication (using the Fault Tolerant CORBA standard) and transactions (us...