We present a universal mechanism that can be combined with existing trust models to extend their capabilities towards efficient modelling of the situational (contextdependent) tr...
Fast and effective distribution of software updates (a.k.a. patches) to millions of Internet users has evolved into a critical task over the last years. In this paper, we characte...
Christos Gkantsidis, Thomas Karagiannis, Milan Voj...
Approximating the joint data distribution of a multi-dimensional data set through a compact and accurate histogram synopsis is a fundamental problem arising in numerous practical ...
Amol Deshpande, Minos N. Garofalakis, Rajeev Rasto...
Cost-based XML query optimization calls for accurate estimation of the selectivity of path expressions. Some other interactive and internet applications can also benefit from suc...
Wei Wang 0011, Haifeng Jiang, Hongjun Lu, Jeffrey ...
The wide spread use of cellular phones, handheld devices, and GPS-like technology enables location-aware environments where virtually all objects are aware of their locations. Loca...