In a heap model, solid blocks, or pieces, pile up according to the Tetris game mechanism. An optimal schedule is an in nite sequence of pieces minimizing the asymptotic growth rat...
Abstract--The Internet provides a universal platform for largescale distribution of information and supports inter-organizational services, system integration, and collaboration. U...
James B. D. Joshi, Zhaohui Kevin Li, Husni Fahmi, ...
Conventional e-mail systems are prone to problems that impact their scalability and dependability. E-mail systems operate following a "push-based" approach: the sender s...
Edson Kageyama, Carlos Maziero, Altair Olivo Santi...
GPS-enabled mobile devices are a quickly growing market and users are starting to share their location information with each other through services such as Google Latitude. Locati...
On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) has shown great success in many industry applications, including sales, marketing, management, financial data analysis, etc. In this paper, w...