Static nodes, e.g. houses, educational institutions etc, can comprise ad-hoc networks using off-the-self wireless technologies with a view to bypass expensive telecommunication so...
We present the framework of a new grid architecture based on the peer-to-peer and the component paradigms. In our architecture, several peer-to-peer components are loosely coupled...
Group awareness is an important part of synchronous collaboration, and support for group awareness can greatly improve groupware usability. However, it is still difficult to build...
Distributed problem solving by a multiagent system represents a promising approach to solving complex computational problems. However, many multiagent systems require certain degr...
The query execution engine in Microsoft SQL Server employs hash-based algorithms for inner and outer joins, semi-joins, set operations (such as intersection), grouping, and duplic...