We introduce the proximity rank join problem, where we are given a set of relations whose tuples are equipped with a score and a real-valued feature vector. Given a target feature...
Tuning tools attempt to configure a database to achieve optimal performance for a given workload. Selecting an optimal set of physical structures is computationally hard since it ...
Ioannis Alagiannis, Debabrata Dash, Karl Schnaitte...
Nowadays, the Quality of Service (QoS) in Optical Grids has become a key issue. An important QoS factor is the resiliency, namely the ability to survive from certain network failur...
Brigitte Jaumard, Jens Buysse, Ali Shaikh, Marc De...
Meeting the temperature constraints and reducing the hot-spots are critical for achieving reliable and efficient operation of complex multi-core systems. The goal of thermal mana...
Francesco Zanini, David Atienza, Giovanni De Miche...
Millions of containers are stowed every week with goods worth billions of dollars, but container vessel stowage is an all but neglected combinatorial optimization problem. In this ...