In this paper, we introduce the notion of ranking robustness, which refers to a property of a ranked list of documents that indicates how stable the ranking is in the presence of ...
Mobile agent technology is an emerging technology that allows easier design, implementation, and maintenance of distributed systems. Mobility enables agents to reduce network load,...
Purpose – This article is the third in a four-part series that aims to illustrate the process involved in planning a portal and creating a portal definition document. Design/me...
This paper presents a region analysis and transformation framework for Java programs. Given an input Java program, the compiler automatically translates it into an equivalent outp...
This paper describes SKIMA, a mediation system that gives transparent access to heterogeneous and distributed sources considering their semantics and the semantics of application ...