In this paper we introduce a novel architecture for data processing, based on a functional fusion between a data and a computation layer. We show how such an architecture can be le...
Radu Sion, Ramesh Natarajan, Inderpal Narang, Wen-...
Many decades of work have been invested in the area of distributed transactions including protocols such as 2PC, Paxos, and various approaches to quorum. These protocols provide t...
Recent developments in mobile technologies and associated economies of scale via mature manufacturing processes have made possible the construction of pervasive systems in specifi...
George Roussos, Panos Kourouthanasis, Eugene A. Gr...
The sciences, business confederations, and medicine urgently need infrastructure for sharing data and updates among collaborators' constantly changing, heterogeneous databases...
: Motivated by the problem of out-of-shelf (OOS) in retail industry and the emergence of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, this paper investigates the impact that t...