Recent technology advances have enabled mediated query processing with Internet accessible WebSources. A characteristic of WebSources is that their access costs exhibit transient ...
As Data Grids become more commonplace, large data sets are being replicated and distributed to multiple sites, leading to the problem of determining which replica can be accessed ...
Sudharshan Vazhkudai, Jennifer M. Schopf, Ian T. F...
1 Switched system-area networks enable thousands of storage devices to be shared and directly accessed by end hosts, promising databases and filesystems highly scalable, reliable ...
Abstract. We present an in-depth discussion of the relationships between synchrony and asynchrony. Simple models of both paradigms are presented, and we state theorems which guaran...
As networks and the use of communication within applications continue to grow and find more uses, so too does the demand for more control and manageability of various "system...
Richard E. Schantz, John A. Zinky, David A. Karr, ...