Current federated systems deploy cost-based query optimization mechanisms; i.e., the optimizer selects a global query plan with the lowest cost to execute. Thus, cost functions in...
Wen-Syan Li, Vishal S. Batra, Vijayshankar Raman, ...
The Intelligent Database Interface (IDI) is a cache-based interface that is designed to provide Artificial Intelligence systems with efficient access to one or more databases on o...
Donald P. McKay, Timothy W. Finin, Anthony B. O'Ha...
Experience from the management of distributed computer-based learning resources in schools has been proven to be inefficient and costly. Though commercial software packages are av...
A distributed monitoring system has been developed, which is organized with network cameras, an integrated web/mail server, web-based clients including high-performance cellular p...
As high-speed networks make it easier to use distributed resources, it becomes increasingly common that applications and their data are not colocated. Users have traditionally add...
Ian T. Foster, David Kohr, Rakesh Krishnaiyer, Jac...