Sensitive data are increasingly available on-line through the Web and other distributed protocols. This heightens the need to carefully control access to data. Control means not o...
Kathi Fisler, Shriram Krishnamurthi, Leo A. Meyero...
Preference elicitation — the process of asking queries to determine parties’ preferences — is a key part of many problems in electronic commerce. For example, a shopping age...
A Distributed Information Brokering System (DIBS) is a peer-to-peer overlay network that comprises diverse data servers and brokering components helping client queries locate the ...
Fengjun Li, Bo Luo, Peng Liu, Dongwon Lee, Chao-Hs...
As sensor networks increase in size and number, efficient techniques are required to process the very large data sets that they generate. Frequently, sensor networks monitor object...
Networking course projects are usually described by an informal specification and a collection of test cases. Students often misunderstand the specification or oversimplify it t...