Distributed heterogeneous search systems are an emerging phenomenon in Web search, in which independent topic-specific search engines provide search services, and metasearchers d...
through suitable abstractions and tools is a viable option for improving servicebased computations. T he past few years have witnessed end users' increasing involve ment in th...
Visual programming approaches are limited in their usefulness if they do not include a profile of their users that defines exactly who is attempting to solve what kind of problems...
—Due to the unreliable nature of the wireless medium, provisioning of the Quality of Service (QoS) in wireless LANs is by far more complicated than in wired networks. In this dem...
Computer users are asked to generate, keep secret, and recall an increasing number of passwords for uses including host accounts, email servers, e-commerce sites, and online finan...