We consider a distributed system where each node keeps a local count for items (similar to elections where nodes are ballot boxes and items are candidates). A top-k query in such ...
The Grid promise is starting to materialize today: largescale multi-site infrastructures have grown to assist the work of scientists from all around the world. This tremendous gro...
A studentized range test using a two-stage and a one-stage sampling procedures, respectively, is proposed for testing the hypothesis that the average deviation of the normal means...
Testing of database applications is of great importance. Although various studies have been conducted to investigate testing techniques for database design, relatively few efforts ...
Image authentication is important in content delivery via untrusted intermediaries, such as peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. Many differently encoded versions of the original imag...