Abstract. As low-level architectural support for context-aware computing matures, we are ready to explore more general and powerful means of accessing context data. Information req...
Jeffrey Heer, Alan Newberger, Chris Beckmann, Jaso...
In this paper we present a balanced data replication scheme that provides real-time latency bounds on content retrieval in content distribution networks. Many network applications...
Chengdu Huang, Gang Zhou, Tarek F. Abdelzaher, San...
Mobile terminals (cellular phones, PDAs, palmtops etc.) emerge as a new class of small-scale, ad-hoc service providers that share data and functionality via mobile web services’...
In many information systems, the databases that make up the system are distributed in different modules or branch offices according to the requirements of the business enterprise. ...
Simulation is a low cost alternative to experimentation on real-world physical systems. Grid technology enables coordinated use of and secure access to distributed computing resou...
Xinjun Chen, Wentong Cai, Stephen John Turner, Yon...