This paper addresses the problem of evaluating ranked top-? queries with expensive predicates. As major DBMSs now all support expensive user-defined predicates for Boolean queries...
—Owing to the limited requirement for sensor processing in early networked sensor nodes, embedded software was generally built around the communication stack. Modern sensor nodes...
Geoff V. Merrett, Alex S. Weddell, Nick R. Harris,...
Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. As the quality of protection provided by a firewall dire...
Bomb disposal manned missions are inherently safetycritical. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology potentially offers an opportunity to increase the safety of the operatives in...
John Kemp, Elena I. Gaura, James Brusey, C. Dougla...
Commodity computer clusters are often composed of hundreds of computing nodes. These generally off-the-shelf systems are not designed for high reliability. Node failures therefore...