Abstract. In this paper we introduce a general framework for hierarchical clustering that deals with both static and dynamic data sets. From this framework, different hierarchical...
As the consequence of semantic gap, visual similarity does not guarantee semantic similarity, which in general is conflicting with the inherent assumption of many generativebased ...
Enterprises may have multiple database systems spread across the organization for redundancy or for serving different applications. In such systems, query workloads can be distrib...
We study stochastic models to mitigate the risk of poor Quality-of-Service (QoS) in computational markets. Consumers who purchase services expect both price and performance guaran...
Social tagging is an increasingly popular phenomenon with substantial impact on the way we perceive and understand the Web. For the many Web resources that are not self-descriptive...