An ordinal fuzzy linguistic Information Retrieval System (IRS) based on a multi-level weighting scheme to represent the user queries, in a more flexible way, is proposed. The IRS a...
In this paper we show how Rate Transition Systems (RTSs) can be used as a unifying framework for the definition of the semantics of stochastic process algebras. RTSs facilitate the...
Rocco De Nicola, Diego Latella, Michele Loreti, Mi...
Transactional Memory (TM) simplifies parallel programming by allowing for parallel execution of atomic tasks. Thus far, TM systems have focused on implementing transactional stat...
Austen McDonald, JaeWoong Chung, Brian D. Carlstro...
The volume of information in natural languages in electronic format is increasing exponentially. The demographics of users of information management systems are becoming increasin...
Abstract. A long-running transaction is an interactive component of a distributed system which must be executed as if it were a single atomic action. In principle, it should not be...