Creating replicas of frequently accessed objects across a read-intensive network can result in large bandwidth savings which, in turn, can lead to reduction in user response time....
Despite increasingly distributed internet information sources with diverse storage formats and access-control constraints, most of the end applications (e.g., filters and media p...
Abstract. The fact that so many different kinds of coordination models and languages have been proposed suggests that no one single approach will be the best for all coordination p...
Franz Achermann, Stefan Kneubuehl, Oscar Nierstras...
Abstract. This paper presents a framework that lets a component developer provide a component user with different kinds of information, depending on the specific context and needs....
Alessandro Orso, Mary Jean Harrold, David S. Rosen...
A central challenge in interaction design has to do with its diversity. Designers, engineers, managers, marketers, researchers and users all have important contributions to make t...