P2P file transfers and streaming have already seen a tremendous growth in Internet applications. With the rapid growth of IPTV, the need to efficiently disseminate large volumes ...
Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Rittwik Jana, Daniel Stern, B...
The idea of allowing query users to relax their correctness requirements in order to improve performance of a data stream management system (e.g., location-based services and senso...
Reynold Cheng, Benjamin C. M. Kao, Alan Kwan, Suni...
Abstract. We explore a new general-purpose heuristic for nding highquality solutions to hard optimization problems. The method, called extremal optimization, is inspired by self-or...
Stefan Boettcher, Allon G. Percus, Michelangelo Gr...
Abstract In this publication, we discuss a use case for employing Grid technology in a media production / distribution environment. This type of environment is faced with the chall...
Bruno Volckaert, Tim Wauters, Marc De Leenheer, Pi...
In the emerging high-speed packet-switched networks, fair packet scheduling algorithms in switches and routers will form an important component of the mechanisms that seek to sati...