This paper assesses the predictability of network traffic by considering two metrics: (1) how far into the future a traffic rate process can be predicted with bounded error; (2) w...
Effective norms, emerging from sustained individual interactions over time, can complement societal rules and significantly enhance performance of individual agents and agent soci...
—Popular web services and applications such as Google Apps, DropBox, and Go.Pc introduce a wasteful imbalance of processing resources. Each host operated by a provider serves hun...
Data ambiguity is inherent in applications such as data integration, location-based services, and sensor monitoring. In many situations, it is possible to “clean”, or remove, ...
Reynold Cheng, Eric Lo, Xuan Yang, Ming-Hay Luk, X...
Many scientific applications generate massive volumes of data through observations or computer simulations, bringing up the need for effective indexing methods for efficient stora...