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SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2006
ACM
We consider the problem of large-scale retrieval evaluation, and we propose a statistical method for evaluating retrieval systems using incomplete judgments. Unlike existing techn...
STORAGESS
2005
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
2005
ACM
The use of access predictors to improve storage device performance has been investigated for both improving access times, as well as a means of reducing energy consumed by the dis...
TCSV
2008
13 years 8 months ago
2008
Abstract--To effectively address the explosive growth of multimedia applications over the Internet, a large-scale media streaming system has to fully take into account the issues o...
VRML
2003
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
2003
ACM
Embodied agents or humanoid avatars may effectively be used to communicate with human users. Currently there is a wide range of specification formalisms and scripting languages f...
MOBISYS
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
2009
ACM
We design, implement, and evaluate a vehicular communication system that improves uplink connectivity through multi-lobe beam pattern switching on a smart antenna. Directionality ...