A problem with many distributed applications is their behavior in lieu of unpredictable variations in user request volumes or in available resources. This paper explores a performa...
We present a new approach to the grid technology that is based on updateable views. Views are used in two ways: (1) as wrappers of local servers that adopt local schemata to the fe...
Hanna Kozankiewicz, Krzysztof Stencel, Kazimierz S...
Users attempt to express their search goals through web search queries. When a search goal has multiple components or aspects, documents that represent all the aspects are likely ...
Users tend to use the Internet for “resource-hungry” applications (which involve content such as video, audio on-demand and distributed data) and at the same time, more and mo...
George Pallis, Konstantinos Stamos, Athena Vakali,...
The increasing popularity of mobile devices and the support of web portals towards performing transactions from these mobile devices has enabled business on the move. However, int...