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DEXAW
2004
IEEE
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Self-Organisation in Agent-Based Mobile Computing
This paper describes two self-optimisation techniques that have been employed in the design of two exemplar agent-based mobile computing systems, namely Gullivers Genie and the Ag...
Rem W. Collier, Michael J. O'Grady, Gregory M. P. ...
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VLDB
1995
ACM
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BigSur: A System For the Management of Earth Science Data
In this paper we present a prototype system for the management of earth science data which is novel in that it takes a DBMS centric view of the the task. Our prototype -- called &...
Paul Brown, Michael Stonebraker
VLDB
1995
ACM
96views Database» more  VLDB 1995»
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The Fittest Survives: An Adaptive Approach to Query Optimization
Traditionally, optimizers are “programmed” to optimize queries following a set of buildin procedures. However, optimizers should be robust to its changing environment to gener...
Hongjun Lu, Kian-Lee Tan, Son Dao
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SIGMOD
1991
ACM
81views Database» more  SIGMOD 1991»
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Multi-Disk B-trees
In this paper, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1 we consider how to exploit multiple disks to improve the performance of B-tree ...
Bernhard Seeger, Per-Åke Larson
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VLDB
1991
ACM
145views Database» more  VLDB 1991»
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A Taxonomy and Performance Model of Data Skew Effects in Parallel Joins
Recent work on parallel joins and data skew has concentrated on algorithm design without considering the causes and chara.cteristics of data. skew itself. Existming ana.lyt,ic mod...
Christopher B. Walton, Alfred G. Dale, Roy M. Jene...