The strong dynamics of peer-to-peer networks, coupled with the diversity of peer vocabularies, makes query processing in peer database systems a very challenging task. In this pape...
Aggregated search refers to the integration of content from specialized corpora or verticals into web search results. Aggregation improves search when the user has vertical intent...
In many applications involving continuous data streams, data arrival is bursty and data rate fluctuates over time. Systems that seek to give rapid or realtime query responses in su...
Brian Babcock, Shivnath Babu, Mayur Datar, Rajeev ...
Abstract—This paper looks at the scalability problems inherent in the Active Bat system: an outside-in ultrasonic location system. Such systems are typically associated with high...
The goal of a data integration system is to provide a uniform interface to a multitude of data sources. Given a user query formulated in this interface, the system translates it i...